AC9S6I02
Official content description
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
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What Year 6 Science students should achieve
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- They describe risks associated with investigations and key intercultural considerations when planning field work.
- Students plan safe, repeatable investigations to identify patterns and test relationships and make reasoned predictions.
- By the end of Year 6 students explain how changes in physical conditions affect living things.
- They identify variables to be changed, measured and controlled.
- They describe how individuals and communities use scientific knowledge.
- They select and use language features effectively for their purpose and audience when communicating their ideas and findings.
The Science inquiry progression either side of AC9S6I02
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Taught before · Year 5
- AC9S5I01pose investigable questions to identify patterns and test relationships and make reasoned predictions
- AC9S5I02plan 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
- AC9S5I03use equipment to observe, measure and record data with reasonable precision, using digital tools as appropriate
Builds towards · Year 7
- AC9S7I01develop investigable questions, reasoned predictions and hypotheses to explore scientific models, identify patterns and test relationships
- AC9S7I02plan and conduct reproducible investigations to answer questions and test hypotheses, including identifying variables and assumptions and, as appropriate, recognising and managing risks, considering ethical issues and recognising key considerations regarding heritage sites and artefacts on Country/Place
- AC9S7I03select and use equipment to generate and record data with precision, using digital tools as appropriate
Other Year 6 Science inquiry codes
- AC9S6I01pose investigable questions to identify patterns and test relationships and make reasoned predictions
- AC9S6I03use equipment to observe, measure and record data with reasonable precision, using digital tools as appropriate
- AC9S6I04construct and use appropriate representations, including tables, graphs and visual or physical models, to organise and process data and information and describe patterns, trends and relationships
- AC9S6I05compare methods and findings with those of others, recognise possible sources of error, pose questions for further investigation and select evidence to draw reasoned conclusions
- AC9S6I06write and create texts to communicate ideas and findings for specific purposes and audiences, including selection of language features, using digital tools as appropriate
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