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K–6Science and Technology K–6 Syllabus (2024)

Implementation from 2027
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Stage 2

Physical and living systems depend on energy
Living things depend on energy and materials to survive
  • Identify the systems of Earth that make up Loading : air – Loading , land – lithosphere, water – Loading , living things – Loading 

  • Describe how the needs of living things are provided by the atmosphere, hydrosphere and lithosphere

  • Describe the relationship between Loading , Loading  and environment

  • Observe and describe living and non-living things in a habitat

  • Pose questions to conduct fair tests to determine the effects of soil, water and light energy on plants

  • Describe how Loading ’ practices support habitats to survive

  • Describe the transfer of energy between plants and animals using Loading , Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary

  • Describe ways in which plants and animals depend on each other for survival

Energy is required to change the properties of matter
  • Recognise that matter is anything that has mass, takes up space and consists of very small particles

  • Observe examples of matter that exist as a solid, which has a defined shape and volume; a liquid, which has a definite volume but not a definite shape; and a gas, which has neither a definite shape nor a definite volume

  • Observe and describe water changing from solid to liquid to gas and back again, using Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary

  • Describe how adding and removing heat energy affects the movement and arrangement of particles when matter is changing state

Body systems work together to enable movement
  • Recognise that all animals are either invertebrates with no spine, or vertebrates with a spine

  • Compare ways invertebrates and vertebrates move on land, in water and in the sky

  • Recognise that the human muscular and skeletal systems work together to enable movement

  • Identify parts of the human skeleton that offer protection and support

  • Model how bones, muscles and joints work together to cause movement

Heat energy can be transferred
  • Recognise that heat energy can be transferred from warmer to cooler objects by Loading , Loading  and Loading 

  • Recognise that temperature is a measure of hotness or coldness, measured using a thermometer and often expressed in degrees Celsius

  • Pose questions and conduct fair tests to compare how different materials absorb or reflect heat energy

  • Describe how the properties of materials and transfer of heat energy impact everyday life

Forces shape Earth’s surface
  • Investigate Aboriginal Loading  Stories and Torres Strait Islander Legends about the formation of landscapes and landforms

  • Explain how the forces produced by wind, water and living things weather rocks

  • Research and describe the changes to the landscape caused by earthquakes and volcanoes

  • Research, describe and model the internal structure of Earth

  • Describe and model how forces produced by moving water cause Loading 

The Sun is the centre of our solar system and provides our world with energy
  • Model Earth’s Loading  around the Sun and recognise that a complete revolution takes 365.25 days

  • Research how energy from the Sun is used

  • Describe features of our solar system using multimodal representations

  • Demonstrate that Loading  is a force of attraction between objects and Earth

  • Recognise that the force of gravity keeps Earth, moons and planets in their positions in the solar system

  • Research cultural references to the solar system including Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Knowledges of the night sky

Creating written explanations of physical and living systems supports understanding of Science and Technology
  • Use Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary and noun groups to enhance the specificity of texts

  • Use notes, diagrams, flow charts and annotations to support understanding and explain processes

  • Use compound and complex sentences to sequence connected ideas into paragraphs when explaining cause and effect

  • Use temporal and causal connectives and labelled diagrams when explaining the process of conducting a fair test

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