K–6Science and Technology K–6 Syllabus

Identify the systems of Earth that make up environments: air – atmosphere, land – lithosphere, water – hydrosphere, living things – biosphere

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

Describe the relationship between habitat, ecosystem 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 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ practices support habitats to survive

Describe the transfer of energy between plants and animals using food chains, Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary

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

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

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

Recognise that heat energy can be transferred from warmer to cooler objects by conduction, convection and radiation

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

Investigate Aboriginal Dreaming 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 erosion

Model Earth’s revolution 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 gravity 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

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