Skip to content

A NSW Government website

Welcome to the NSW Curriculum website

NSW Government
NSW Curriculum
NSW Education Standards Authority

11–12Earth and Environmental Science Life Skills 11–12 Syllabus (2025)

Record of changes
Implementation from 2028
Expand for detailed implementation advice
OverviewRationaleAimOutcomesContentAssessmentGlossaryTeaching and learning support

Content

Life Skills

Life Skills for Stage 6

Through collaborative curriculum planning, it may be decided that Life Skills outcomes and content are the most appropriate option for some students with intellectual disability.

Evolving Earth

Teachers select relevant Working scientifically outcomes and content to integrate with this focus area based on the strengths and needs of individual students.

Loading 
The geological timescale

  • Recognise timelines and time periods in everyday contexts

  • Identify short and long time periods

  • Recognise that fossils provide evidence of changes over time

  • Engage with fossils to observe how plant and animal remains of the past are preserved in rocks

  • Explore what fossils can reveal about the past

  • Participate in a practical investigation to model the formation of a fossil

  • Explore how scientific evidence about rocks and fossils can be used to learn about geological events

  • Produce a timeline of events from the past using geological evidence

Development of the biosphere and atmosphere

  • Recognise basic conditions needed for daily living

  • Identify conditions that support life on Earth

  • Recognise the importance of oxygen in the atmosphere

  • Participate in a practical investigation to determine the effect of water or light on plant growth

Ever-changing Earth

  • Identify changes in the local natural and built environments

  • Explore changes to the Earth caused by erosion, glaciers, wind, plate tectonics, volcanoes or earthquakes

  • Recognise changes to the Earth can take place over different periods of time

Related files