AC9S1U01 Year 1 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.

identify the basic needs of plants and animals, including air, water, food or shelter, and describe how the places they live meet those needs

Elaborations

• 1 identifying the places where plants and animals live, including in our homes, local areas such as ponds, national parks, gardens or zoos
• 2 identifying what they do to look after pets or plants at home and grouping these activities
• 3 identifying and comparing the needs of a variety of plants and animals, including humans, based on their own experiences
• 4 creating dioramas of a place a plant or animal lives, and identifying the features that enable it to meet its needs
• 5 recognising how First Nations Australians care for living things
• 6 exploring why caring for plants and animals is important including as sources of food and fibre

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