K–6Science and Technology K–6 Syllabus

Recognise that data can be collected through observation, testing and research, and that it can be represented as descriptions, diagrams, graphs, images and tables

Collect data about the variety of living things in a local habitat, group them and justify the groupings

Describe the changes in a plant as it grows using data and scientific models

Describe the changes in an animal as it goes through its life cycle using data and scientific models

Describe how Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples use Knowledges of the life cycles of livings things

Examine the evidence for extinct animals

Recognise that light and sound can travel through air, water and some solids and are affected by those materials

Pose questions, test and describe how light can be reflected, refracted, dispersed or absorbed by materials

Describe how translucent, transparent, opaque and reflective materials interact with light

Recognise that sound is created and carried by vibrations

Observe how Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples use a range of materials and actions to create sound for specific purposes

Test how different materials and actions affect the volume and pitch of sound

Recognise that the human brain detects information about the surroundings using sense organs, and that it controls and coordinates body functions

Observe and describe the function and parts of the eye and the ear

Investigate how taste and smell provide information about the environment

Pose questions, test and describe textures to investigate the sense of touch

Recognise that a force is a push or a pull that can make things either start moving, stop moving, change speed, direction or shape

Pose questions and test the effects of forces on an object's movement

Investigate how applied forces change the movement of traditional toys and tools used by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples

Test how frictional forces affect moving objects

Test how the force of magnetism affects objects

Observe and record daily weather to identify changes and patterns

Investigate how seasonal patterns influence the behaviour and appearance of living things

Describe the ways in which Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples use seasonal indicators

Observe and identify rocks in natural formations and those used in built structures

Manipulate different rocks and describe their texture, colour and grain or crystal size

Describe the visible features of the sky at night and in the day

Recognise that the Sun provides Earth with light energy and the Moon reflects light energy from the Sun

Recognise that the Sun rises in the east and sets in the west

Model how the rotation of the Earth around its axis causes a repeating pattern of day and night

Record changes in shadow length at different times of the day to mark the passage of time

Observe the Moon over a lunar cycle and describe its change in appearance using Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary

Describe Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ connections to Sky Country

Examine cultural representations of the Sun, Moon and stars

Use nouns, noun groups and verbs to create notes, annotations and labels to document observations

Use simple and compound sentences, flow charts and labelled diagrams to describe a process or function

Sequence simple and compound sentences, and use labelled diagrams and data to describe cause and effect