AC9S3U04 Year 3 Science

This Content Descriptor from Year 3 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.

investigate the observable properties of solids and liquids and how adding or removing heat energy leads to a change of state

Elaborations

• 1 observing the properties of substances and classifying them as solids (that hold their shape) or liquids (that fill the bottom of containers)
• 2 investigating ice melting or water freezing in a sealed bag and explaining their observations
• 3 using ice cubes, butter or chocolate to explore how changes of state involve the removal of heat or the addition of heat
• 4 investigating how changes of state in materials used by First Nations Australians such as beeswax or resins are important for their use
• 5 exploring how changes from solid to liquid and liquid to solid can help us recycle materials such as glass or plastics

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