AC9S6I02 Year 6 Science

This Content Descriptor from Year 6 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 including researching, using trial and error, experimental testing, field observations, accessing digital tools to collect and manage data and using virtual simulations
• 2 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
• 3 identifying potential risks to themselves or others when conducting an investigation and explaining rules for safe processes and use of equipment and materials
• 4 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

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