AC9SFU03 Foundation Science

This Content Descriptor from Foundation 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.

recognise that objects can be composed of different materials and describe the observable properties of those materials

Elaborations

• 1 observing and manipulating objects to identify the materials they are made of and recognising that some objects are made of more than one type of material
• 2 recognising that tools such as magnifying glasses enable more-detailed observations
• 3 sorting and grouping materials based on observed properties such as colour, hardness, texture and flexibility
• 4 creating a display of different materials, naming each material and exploring language to describe properties of materials
• 5 using a digital camera to collect images of objects on a materials scavenger hunt
• 6 suggesting why different parts of everyday objects, such as saucepans and clothing, are made from different materials
• 7 investigating the ways in which First Nations Australians make utensils for different purposes by combining different materials

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