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AC9S1I03 Year 1 Science

AC9S1I03 | Year 1 Science: Planning and conducting

Content Descriptor

Content descriptor make and record observations, including informal measurements, using digital tools as appropriate
Strand
Science inquiry
Substrand
Planning and conducting

This content descriptor sets out learning for Year 1 Science. Use it to plan lessons and assessment with the Australian Curriculum v9.

Elaborations

  • • Elaboration exploring what an observation is, and different ways to make observations through guided discussion
  • • Elaboration counting and using informal measurements such as cups, handspans, walking paces, blocks, pencil lengths or lengths of string
  • • Elaboration making suggestions about types of measurements that may be made during an investigation, including using blocks to measure plant growth or paces to measure how far an object has moved
  • • Elaboration recording observations through text, drawing, counts, informal measurements, digital photography or video

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