AC9S1I01 Year 1 Science

AC9S1I01 – Year 1 Science: Questioning and predicting

Strand

Science inquiry

Substrand

Questioning and predicting

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.

Content Descriptor

pose questions to explore observed simple patterns and relationships and make predictions based on experiences

Elaborations

• posing questions about simple relationships between push and pull forces, such as: ‘Does a toy car go further if it is pushed harder?’
• posing questions about how animals meet their needs in particular places, such as: ‘Where does it shelter? Where does it get water from?’
• making predictions about plant needs, such as: ‘I think a plant will die if it doesn’t get enough water’
• making predictions about types of animals and plants they might observe in a particular place, such as a garden or pond
• making predictions about patterns of observable phenomena such as seasonal changes of plants or changes in temperatures across the seasons

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 1 ASSCIY1

Year 1 Science Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 1 students identify how living things meet their needs in the places they live. They identify daily and seasonal changes and describe ways these changes affect their everyday life. They describe how different pushes and pulls change the motion and shape of objects. They describe situations where they use science in their daily lives and identify examples of people making scientific predictions. Students pose questions to explore observations and make predictions based on experiences. They follow safe procedures to make and record observations. They use provided tables and organisers to sort and order data and information and, with guidance, represent patterns. With guidance, they compare observations with predictions and identify further questions. They use everyday vocabulary to communicate observations, findings and ideas.