SCIENCE-+2

= YEAR 2 SCIENCE = = = =﻿= =﻿=
 * ** SCIENCE STRANDS ** || ** SCIENCE SUB-STRANDS **  || ** ELEMENT **  || * ** ELABORATION ** || ** GENERAL CAPABILITIES **  || ** CROSS-CURRICULA PRIORITIES **  ||
 * Science Understanding || Biological sciences || Living things grow, change and have offspring similar to themselves (ACSSU030) || * representing personal growth and changes from birth
 * recognising that living things have predictable characteristics at different stages of development
 * exploring different characteristics of life stages in animals such as egg, caterpillar and butterfly
 * observing that all animals have offspring, usually with two parents || Critical and creative thinking ||  ||
 * ^  || Chemical sciences || Different materials can be combined, including by mixing, for a particular purpose (ACSSU031) || * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">exploring the local environment to observe a variety of materials, and describing ways in which materials are used
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">investigating the effects of mixing materials together suggesting why different parts of everyday objects such as toys and clothes are made from different materials
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">identifying materials such as paper that can be changed and remade or recycled into new products || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Critical and creative thinking || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sustainability ||
 * ^  || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Earth and space sciences || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Earth’s resources, including water, are used in a variety of ways (ACSSU032) || * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">identifying the Earth’s resources including water, soil and minerals, and describing how they are used in the school
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">describing how a resource such as water is transferred from its source to its point of use
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">considering what might happen to humans if there were a
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">change in a familiar available resource, such as water
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">identifying actions at school such as turning off dripping taps, that can conserve resources || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Critical and creative thinking, Ethical behaviour || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sustainability ||
 * ^  || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Physical sciences || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A push or a pull affects how an object moves or changes shape (ACSSU033) || * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">exploring ways that objects move on land, through water and in the air
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">exploring how different strengths of pushes and pulls affect the movement of objects
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">identifying toys from different cultures that use the forces of push or pull
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">considering the effects of objects being pulled towards the Earth || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Critical and creative thinking ||  ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Science as a Human Endeavour || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Nature and development of science || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Science involves asking questions about, and describing changes in, objects and events (ACSHE034) || * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">describing everyday events and experiences and changes in our environment using knowledge of science
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">suggesting how everyday items work, using knowledge of forces or materials
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">identifying and describing sources of water || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Literacy || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sustainability ||
 * ^  || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Use and influence of science || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">People use science in their daily lives, including when caring for their environment and living things (ACSHE035) || * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">monitoring information about the environment and Earth’s resources, such as rainfall, water levels and temperature
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">finding out about how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people use science to meet their needs, including food supply
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">exploring how different cultures have made inks, pigments and paints by mixing materials
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">identifying the ways humans manage and protect resources, such as reducing waste and caring for water supplies
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">recognising that many living things rely on resources that may be threatened, and that science understanding can contribute to the preservation of such resources || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ethical behaviour, Intercultural understanding, Personal and social competence || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Aboriginal Torres Straight Is history and culture, Sustainability ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Science Inquiry Skills || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Questioning and predicting || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Respond to and pose questions, and make predictions about familiar objects and events (ACSIS037) || * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">using the senses to explore the local environment to pose interesting questions, make inferences and predictions
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">thinking about ‘What will happen if...?’ type questions about everyday objects and events || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Critical and creative thinking, Literacy ||  ||
 * ^  || <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Planning and conducting  || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Participate in different types of guided investigations to explore and answer questions, such as manipulating materials, testing ideas, and accessing information sources (ACSIS038) || * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">manipulating objects and materials and making observations of the results
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">researching with the use of simple information sources
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">sorting objects and events based on easily identified characteristics || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Critical and creative thinking, Literacy , Numeracy ||  ||
 * ^  ||^   || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Use informal measurements in the collection and recording of observations, with the assistance of digital technologies as appropriate (ACSIS039) || * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">using units that are familiar to students from home and school, such as cups (cooking), hand spans (length) and walking paces (distance) || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">ICT, Numeracy ||   ||
 * ^  || <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Processing and analysing data and information  || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Use a range of methods to sort information, including drawings and provided tables (ACSIS040) || * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">using simple column graphs (bar graphs) with guidance from the teacher to record gathered information
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">using matching activities, including identifying similar things, odd-one-out and opposites || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Literacy, Numeracy ||  ||
 * ^  ||^   || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Through discussion, compare observations with predictions (ACSIS214) || * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Through discussion, compare observations with predictions (ACSIS214)
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Elaborations comparing and discussing, with guidance, whether observations were expected || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Critical and creative thinking, Numeracy , Personal and social competence ||  ||
 * ^  || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Evaluating || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Compare observations with those of others (ACSIS041) || * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">discussing observations with other students to see similarities and differences in results || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Critical and creative thinking, Personal and social competence ||   ||
 * ^  || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Communicating || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Represent and communicate observations and ideas in a variety of ways such as oral and written language, drawing and role play (ACSIS042) || * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">presenting ideas to other students, both one-to-one and in small groups
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">discussing with others what was discovered from an investigation || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Critical and creative thinking, Literacy , Personal and social competence ||  ||