P–6 – Pre-primary Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Science understanding Biological Living things have basic Living things have a Living things grow, Living things can be Living things have life Living things have The growth and survival sciences needs, including food and variety of external change and have grouped on the basis of cycles structural features and of living things are water features offspring similar to observable features and Living things depend on adaptations that help affected by physical Living things live in themselves can be distinguished each other and the them to survive in their conditions of their different places where from non-living things environment to survive environment environment their needs are met Chemical Objects are made of Everyday materials can be Different materials can be A change of state Natural and processed Solids, liquids and gases Changes to materials can materials that have physically changed in a combined for a particular between solid and liquid materials have a range of have different be reversible or sciences observable properties variety of ways purpose can be caused by adding physical properties that observable properties irreversible or removing heat can influence their use and behave in different ways Daily and seasonal Observable changes occur resources are used Earth’s rotation on its Earth’s surface changes The Earth is part of a Sudden geological Earth and space changes in our in the sky and landscape in a variety of ways axis causes regular over time as a result of system of planets changes and extreme sciences environment affect changes, including night natural processes and orbiting around a star weather events can everyday life and day human activity (the sun) affect Earth’s surface The way objects move Light and sound are A push or a pull affects Heat can be produced in Forces can be exerted by Light from a source Electrical energy can be Physical sciences depends on a variety of produced by a range of how an object moves or many ways and can one object on another forms shadows and can transferred and factors, including their sources and can be changes shape move from one object to through direct contact or be absorbed, reflected transformed in electrical size and shape sensed another from a distance and refracted circuits and can be generated from a range of sources P–6 – Pre-primary Year 1-2 Year 3-4 Year 5-6 Science as a human endeavour
– P–6 Pre-primary Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Science understanding Biological sciences Living things have basic needs, including food and water Living things have a variety of external features Living things live in different places where their needs are met Living things grow, change and have offspring similar to themselves Living things can be grouped on the basis of observable features and can be distinguished from non-living things Living things have life cycles Living things depend on each other and the environment to survive Living things have structural features and adaptations that help them to survive in their environment The growth and survival of living things are affected by physical conditions of their environment Chemical sciences Objects are made of materials that have observable properties Everyday materials can be physically changed in a variety of ways Different materials can be combined for a particular purpose A change of state between solid and liquid can be caused by adding or removing heat Natural and processed materials have a range of physical properties that can influence their use Solids, liquids and gases have different observable properties and behave in different ways Changes to materials can be reversible or irreversible Earth and space sciences Daily and seasonal changes in our environment affect everyday life Observable changes occur in the sky and landscape resources are used in a variety of ways Earth’s rotation on its axis causes regular changes, including night and day Earth’s surface changes over time as a result of natural processes and human activity The Earth is part of a system of planets orbiting around a star (the sun) Sudden geological changes and extreme weather events can affect Earth’s surface Physical sciences The way objects move depends on a variety of factors, including their size and shape Light and sound are produced by a range of sources and can be sensed A push or a pull affects how an object moves or changes shape Heat can be produced in many ways and can move from one object to another Forces can be exerted by one object on another through direct contact or from a distance Light from a source forms shadows and can be absorbed, reflected and refracted Electrical energy can be transferred and transformed in electrical circuits and can be generated from a range of sources – P–6 Pre-primary Year 1-2 Year 3-4 Year 5-6 Science as a human endeavour
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