This presentation is designed to accompany the STEM activity “Digestion Detectives” where students learn about the organs in their digestive system and then complete a piece of visual art to show off what they have learned.
Compare characteristics of living and non-living things and examine the differences between the life cycles of plants and animals
Construct and use representations, including tables, simple column graphs and visual or physical models, to organise data and information, show simple relationships and identify patterns
Write and create texts to communicate findings and ideas for identified purposes and audiences, using scientific vocabulary and digital tools as appropriate
Plan and conduct repeatable investigations to answer questions, including, as appropriate, deciding the variables to be changed, measured and controlled in fair tests; describing potential risks; planning for the safe use of equipment and materials; and identifying required permissions to conduct investigations on Country/Place
Follow procedures to make and record observations, including making formal measurements using familiar scaled instruments and using digital tools as appropriate
Consider how people use scientific explanations to meet a need or solve a problem
Write and create texts to communicate ideas and findings for specific purposes and audiences, including selection of language features, using digital tools as appropriate
Compare results with predictions, suggesting possible reasons for findings
Represent and communicate observations, ideas and findings using formal and informal representations
With guidance, plan and conduct scientific investigations to find answers to questions, considering the safe use of appropriate materials and equipment
Science knowledge helps people to understand the effect of their actions
Living things can be grouped on the basis of observable features and can be distinguished from non-living things
Identify, plan and apply the elements of scientific investigations to answer questions and solve problems using equipment and materials safely and identifying potential risks
Communicate ideas, explanations and processes using scientific representations in a variety of ways, including multi-modal texts
Compare results with predictions, suggesting possible reasons for findings
Represent and communicate observations, ideas and findings to show patterns and relationships using formal and informal scientific language
With guidance, plan appropriate investigation types to answer questions or solve problems and use equipment, technologies and materials safely, identifying potential risks
Use formal measurements in the collection and recording of observations
Safely use appropriate materials, tools, equipment and technologies
Science knowledge helps people to understand the effects of their actions
Communicate ideas and processes using evidence to develop explanations of events and phenomena and to identify simple cause-and-effect relationships
Living things can be grouped on the basis of observable features and can be distinguished from non-living things
Describes how digital systems represent and transmit data
Explains regular events in the solar system and geological events on the Earth’s surface
Questions, plans and conducts scientific investigations, collects and summarises data and communicates using scientific representations
Selects and uses materials, tools and equipment to develop solutions for a need or opportunity
Compares features and characteristics of living and non-living things
Describes how agricultural processes are used to grow plants and raise animals for food, clothing and shelter
Investigates the effects of increasing or decreasing the strength of a specific contact or non-contact force
Explains how energy is transformed from one form to another
Explains how the properties of materials determines their use for a range of purposes
Investigates regular changes caused by interactions between the Earth and the Sun, and changes to the Earth’s surface
Explains the effect of heat on the properties and behaviour of materials
Explains how food and fibre are produced sustainably in managed environments for health and nutrition
Examines how the environment affects the growth, survival and adaptation of living things
Describes the characteristics and effects of common forms of energy, such as light and heat
Describes how contact and non-contact forces affect an object’s motion
Plans and uses materials, tools and equipment to develop solutions for a need or opportunity
Plans and conducts scientific investigations to answer testable questions, and collects and summarises data to communicate conclusions
Defines problems, describes and follows algorithms to develop solutions