AC9S2I03
Official content description
make and record observations, including informal measurements, using digital tools as appropriate
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What Year 2 Science students should achieve
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- They demonstrate how different sounds can be produced and describe the effect of sound energy on objects.
- Students pose questions to explore observed patterns or relationships and make predictions based on experience.
- They use everyday and scientific vocabulary to communicate observations, findings and ideas.
- By the end of Year 2 students identify celestial objects and describe patterns they observe in the sky.
- They identify ways to change materials without changing their material composition.
- With guidance, they compare their observations with those of others, identify whether their investigation was fair and identify further questions.
The Science inquiry progression either side of AC9S2I03
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Taught before · Year 1
- AC9S1I01pose questions to explore observed simple patterns and relationships and make predictions based on experiences
- AC9S1I02suggest and follow safe procedures to investigate questions and test predictions
- AC9S1I03make and record observations, including informal measurements, using digital tools as appropriate
Builds towards · Year 3
- AC9S3I01pose questions to explore observed patterns and relationships and make predictions based on observations
- AC9S3I02use provided scaffolds to plan and conduct investigations to answer questions or test predictions, including identifying the elements of fair tests, and considering the safe use of materials and equipment
- AC9S3I03follow procedures to make and record observations, including making formal measurements using familiar scaled instruments and using digital tools as appropriate
Other Year 2 Science inquiry codes
- AC9S2I01pose questions to explore observed simple patterns and relationships and make predictions based on experiences
- AC9S2I02suggest and follow safe procedures to investigate questions and test predictions
- AC9S2I04sort and order data and information and represent patterns, including with provided tables and visual or physical models
- AC9S2I05compare observations with predictions and others’ observations, consider if investigations are fair and identify further questions with guidance
- AC9S2I06write and create texts to communicate observations, findings and ideas, using everyday and scientific vocabulary
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