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AC9SFI01 Foundation Science

AC9SFI01 | Foundation Science: Questioning and predicting

Content Descriptor

Content descriptor pose questions and make predictions based on experiences
Strand
Science inquiry
Substrand
Questioning and predicting

This content descriptor sets out learning for Foundation Science. Use it to plan lessons and assessment with the Australian Curriculum v9.

Elaborations

  • • Elaboration posing questions based on experiences, such as: ‘What part of a plant is broccoli?’ or ‘How high do balls bounce?’
  • • Elaboration posing questions about everyday objects and the materials that they may be made of
  • • Elaboration making predictions before field work, such as which plants and animals they may observe in the school grounds
  • • Elaboration making predictions about how an unusually shaped object such as an egg or a hexagonal block might move down a slope

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