In this lesson, students expore how people thought about space through time, and how famous scientists’ discoveries have changed how we understand our universe.
Earth is part of a system of planets orbiting around a star (the Sun)
Plans and conducts scientific investigations to answer testable questions, and collects and summarises data to communicate conclusions
Explains regular events in the solar system and geological events on the Earth’s surface
The Earth is part of a system of planets orbiting around a star (the sun)
Plans and uses materials, tools and equipment to develop solutions for a need or opportunity
Examines how the environment affects the growth, survival and adaptation of living things
Explains how food and fibre are produced sustainably in managed environments for health and nutrition
Science involves testing predictions by gathering data and using evidence to develop explanations of events and phenomena and reflects historical and cultural contributions
Scientific understandings, discoveries and inventions are used to inform personal and community decisions and to solve problems that directly affect people’s lives
Scientific knowledge is used to solve problems and inform personal and community decisions
With guidance, pose questions to clarify practical problems or inform a scientific investigation, and predict what the findings of an investigation might be based on previous experiences or general rules
Explains the effect of heat on the properties and behaviour of materials
Explains how the properties of materials determines their use for a range of purposes
Explains how energy is transformed from one form to another
Investigates the effects of increasing or decreasing the strength of a specific contact or non-contact force
With guidance, pose clarifying questions and make predictions about scientific investigations
With guidance, plan appropriate investigation types to answer questions or solve problems and use equipment, technologies and materials safely, identifying potential risks
Identify, plan and apply the elements of scientific investigations to answer questions and solve problems using equipment and materials safely and identifying potential risks
Decide which variables should be changed, measured and controlled in fair tests and accurately observe, measure and record data
Decide variables to be changed and measured in fair tests, and observe measure and record data with accuracy using digital technologies as appropriate
Construct and use a range of representations, including tables and graphs, to record, represent and describe observations, patterns or relationships in data
Defines problems, and designs, modifies and follows algorithms to develop solutions
Explains how digital systems represent data, connect together to form networks and transmit data
Construct and use a range of representations, including tables and graphs, to represent and describe observations, patterns or relationships in data using digital technologies as appropriate
Compare data with predictions and use as evidence in developing explanations
Compare data with predictions and use as evidence in developing explanations
Suggest improvements to the methods used to investigate a question or solve a problem
Reflect on and suggest improvements to scientific investigations
Communicate ideas and processes using evidence to develop explanations of events and phenomena and to identify simple cause-and-effect relationships
Communicate ideas, explanations and processes using scientific representations in a variety of ways, including multi-modal texts