AC9S6U04 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.

compare reversible changes, including dissolving and changes of state, and irreversible changes, including cooking and rusting that produce new substances

Elaborations

• 1 discussing what makes a change reversible or irreversible, using everyday examples
• 2 examining the substances produced in cooking and rusting and comparing them with the original substances
• 3 comparing how the amount of heat energy added affects whether a change in state or an irreversible change occurs
• 4 describing how dissolved substances are reclaimed from solutions
• 5 exploring how reversible changes can be used to recycle materials
• 6 investigating First Nations Australians’ knowledges of reversible processes such as the application of adhesives and of irreversible processes such as the use of fuels for torches

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