AC9S1H01 – Year 1 Science: Use and influence of science

This Content Descriptor from Year 1 Science provides the specific knowledge and skills students should learn. Use it to plan lessons, create learning sequences, and design assessments that align with the Australian Curriculum v9.

Elaborations

• • learning from farmers, bush care volunteers, gardeners or nursery owners about how they observe the needs of plants, and how they have designed or managed habitats to meet those needs
• • identifying ways that science knowledge is used in the care of the local environment and suggesting ways local gardens or parks could better meet the needs of native animals
• • investigating how First Nations Australians use science to meet their needs, such as food and water supply and shelter
• • recognising how First Nations Australians use changes in the landscape and the sky to answer questions about when to gather certain resources
• • learning from local ecologists or wildlife carers about native animals’ needs and how they observe animal behaviour to design supports for them to meet those needs, such as building frog and insect hotels and nesting boxes or recycling materials to provide habitat
• • sharing examples of how they have used science knowledge at home, such as by listening to or viewing weather forecasts or observing weather patterns when planning family events or outings, or wearing appropriate clothing for the season
• • identifying how we use pushes and pulls when preparing meals, and the tools that help us push or pull objects

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard: