AC9S5I02 Year 5 Science

This Content Descriptor from Year 5 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.

plan and conduct repeatable investigations to answer questions, including, as appropriate, deciding the variables to be changed, measured and controlled in fair tests; describing potential risks; planning for the safe use of equipment and materials; and identifying required permissions to conduct investigations on Country/Place

Elaborations

• 1 considering different ways to approach investigations, such as researching, using trial and error, experimental testing, field observations, using digital tools to record observations or development of virtual simulations
• 2 planning and recording the method to be used in an investigation so that it could be repeated by someone else
• 3 making decisions on the variables to be changed, measured and controlled in fair tests, such as measuring the length and size of a shadow formed by different light sources
• 4 using a map or aerial photographs to predict local sites likely to be affected by erosion, and collaboratively planning a field excursion to collect observations
• 5 explaining rules for safe processes and use of equipment and materials, and potential risks to themselves or others when conducting an investigation
• 6 consulting with First Nations Australians to identify local areas that require permission before accessing
• 7 consulting with First Nations Australians to guide the planning of scientific investigations, considering potential risks for field investigations

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