AC9S6I05 Year 6 Science

AC9S6I05 – Year 6 Science: Evaluating

Strand

Science inquiry

Substrand

Evaluating

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.

Content Descriptor

compare methods and findings with those of others, recognise possible sources of error, pose questions for further investigation and select evidence to draw reasoned conclusions

Elaborations

• working collaboratively to identify the strengths and weaknesses of their own and others’ investigations including where testing was not fair and practices could be improved
• recognising errors that could have occurred during investigations, including changing too many variables, incorrect or misreading of measurements, or changes in environmental factors
• comparing and contrasting data collected by different individuals or groups to discuss similarities and differences in their findings and posing questions about differences for further investigation
• comparing and contrasting evidence selected by different individuals or groups from similar data
• evaluating the inferences made from observations and analysis of the data to draw a reasoned conclusion

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 6 ASSCIY6

Year 6 Science Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 6 students explain how changes in physical conditions affect living things. They model the relationship between the sun and planets of the solar system and explain how the relative positions of Earth and the sun relate to observed phenomena on Earth. They identify the role of circuit components in the transfer and transformation of electrical energy. They classify and compare reversible and irreversible changes to substances. They explain why science is often collaborative and describe different individuals’ contributions to scientific knowledge. They describe how individuals and communities use scientific knowledge. Students plan safe, repeatable investigations to identify patterns and test relationships and make reasoned predictions. They describe risks associated with investigations and key intercultural considerations when planning field work. They identify variables to be changed, measured and controlled. They use equipment to generate and record data with appropriate precision. They construct representations to organise and process data and information and describe patterns, trends and relationships. They identify possible sources of error in their own and others’ methods and findings, pose questions for further investigation and select evidence to support reasoned conclusions. They select and use language features effectively for their purpose and audience when communicating their ideas and findings.