AC9S6I02 Year 6 Science

Content descriptor 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

• • Elaboration considering different ways to approach investigations including researching, using trial and error, experimental testing, field observations, accessing digital tools to collect and manage data and using virtual simulations
• • Elaboration determining which is the variable being tested and which variable is being measured, and which other variables might affect their investigations and need to be kept the same
• • Elaboration identifying potential risks to themselves or others when conducting an investigation and explaining rules for safe processes and use of equipment and materials
• • Elaboration consulting with First Nations Australians land councils in seeking permissions to conduct scientific investigations on traditional Lands and seeking guidance regarding culturally sensitive locations during field work