7–10Science 7–10 Syllabus
The new Science 7–10 Syllabus (2023) is to be implemented in 2026.
2024 and 2025 – Plan and prepare to teach the new syllabus
2026 – Start teaching new syllabus
School sectors are responsible for implementing syllabuses and are best placed to provide schools with specific guidance and information on implementation given their understanding of their individual contexts.
Content
Life Skills
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.
Use senses to make observations
Identify scientific tools and equipment, and their purposes
Demonstrate the competency required to use scientific equipment
Use scientific equipment to make observations
Follow safety rules when using scientific tools and equipment
Ask questions about familiar objects and events based on observations
Make predictions based on observations
Recognise the purpose of, or question related to, a scientific investigation
Recognise which variables are to be changed, kept the same and measured in an investigation
Participate in making decisions about how to conduct an investigation
Participate in making decisions about the equipment to use for a scientific investigation
Participate in sequencing the steps in an investigation and documenting the sequence in an appropriate format
Identify practices to improve safety in a scientific investigation
Gain consent from others to work collaboratively or share scientific equipment
Follow a plan to participate in an investigation
Implement identified safe practices and follow safety rules
Participate in collecting data
Engage safely with digital technologies
Record observations and measurements, using appropriate units and abbreviations
Select the most appropriate form to organise and represent data and information
Extract information from a range of sources, such as direct observations, images, tables, flow diagrams, texts, audiovisual resources and graphs
Sort collected data into groups and use appropriate strategies to construct data displays, with or without technology
Relate the gathered data and information to questions and predictions
Identify secondary information sources that can be used in an investigation
Recognise patterns or trends in data
Interpret data and information gathered
Draw conclusions from data and information
Reflect on the strengths and limitations of an investigation
Identify problems that can be investigated scientifically
Identify strategies that could be used to solve a problem
Participate in developing solutions to identified problems
Recognise scientific language
Present ideas and information in a variety of forms, using digital technologies as appropriate
Communicate using language appropriate to purpose and audience