AC9S1I02 Year 1 Science

AC9S1I02 – Year 1 Science: Planning and conducting

Strand

Science inquiry

Substrand

Planning and conducting

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

suggest and follow safe procedures to investigate questions and test predictions

Elaborations

• suggesting ways to conduct investigations safely, including being sun safe, using age-appropriate equipment such as plastic goggles and aprons, or following teacher instructions promptly
• following steps in a guided investigation to determine how different objects move when pushed or pulled
• exploring different ways of investigating science questions through guided discussion
• suggesting steps for setting up and packing away equipment

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.