AC9S6I03
Year 6
Science
AC9S6I03 | Year 6 Science: Planning and conducting
Content Descriptor
Content descriptor use equipment to observe, measure and record data with reasonable precision, using digital tools as appropriate
Strand
Science inquiry
Substrand
Planning and conducting
This content descriptor sets out learning for Year 6 Science. Use it to plan lessons and assessment with the Australian Curriculum v9.
Elaborations
- • Elaboration selecting and using instruments with the correct scale for measuring data with appropriate accuracy, such as a multimeter
- • Elaboration recording data in tables and diagrams or electronically as digital images and spreadsheets
- • Elaboration discussing why precision is important in measurement, and the possible effect of low precision on investigation findings
- • Elaboration recording data using standard units, such as volt, ampere, gram, second and metre, and developing the use of standard prefixes for metric units such as kilo- and milli-
- • Elaboration using digital tools such as digital thermometers or soil moisture probes to collect data over time and record data in spreadsheets
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