Year 2 unit overview — Australian Curriculum: Science Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), Australian Curriculum v3.0: Science for Foundation–10 <www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/Science/Curriculum/F-10>. School name Unit title Duration of unit Our School Good to grow One term Unit outline Children learn that observations can be organised to reveal patterns, and that these patterns can be used to make predictions about phenomena. They learn about how science is used in their daily lives, including caring for their environment and living things. Children learn about how including water, Earth’s resources, are used in a variety of ways. Children inquire about how living things grow, change and have offspring similar to themselves as they develop a community garden. Questions that shape the inquiry include: What are the living things in our garden? Which of resources are needed in our garden? Earth’s How do resources support life in our garden? Earth’s What is the relationship between living things in our garden? How could I help the living things in our garden to continue to grow? How could this garden help me? Identify curriculum Content descriptions to be taught General capabilities and crosscurriculum priorities Science Understanding Science as a Human Endeavour Science Inquiry Skills Biological sciences Nature and development of science Questioning and predicting Literacy Living things grow, change and Science involves asking questions Respond to and pose questions, Record observations, labelling have offspring similar to about, and describing changes in, and make predictions about diagrams themselves objects and events familiar objects and events Numeracy Earth and space sciences Use and influence of science Planning and conducting Interpret data
Year 2 unit overview — Australian Curriculum: Science Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), Australian Curriculum v3.0: Science for Foundation–10 <www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/Science/Curriculum/F-10>. School name Unit title Duration of unit Our School Good to grow One term Unit outline Children learn that observations can be organised to reveal patterns, and that these patterns can be used to make predictions about phenomena. They learn about how science is used in their daily lives, including caring for their environment and living things. Children learn about how Earth’s resources, including water, are used in a variety of ways. Children inquire about how living things grow, change and have offspring similar to themselves as they develop a community garden. Questions that shape the inquiry include: What are the living things in our garden? Which of Earth’s resources are needed in our garden? How do Earth’s resources support life in our garden? What is the relationship between living things in our garden? How could I help the living things in our garden to continue to grow? How could this garden help me? Identify curriculum Content descriptions to be taught General capabilities and crosscurriculum priorities Science Understanding Science as a Human Endeavour Science Inquiry Skills Biological sciences Living things grow, change and have offspring similar to themselves Earth and space sciences Nature and development of science Science involves asking questions about, and describing changes in, objects and events Use and influence of science Questioning and predicting Respond to and pose questions, and make predictions about familiar objects and events Planning and conducting Literacy Record observations, labelling diagrams Numeracy Interpret data
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