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• VCSIS136

  Select and use appropriate equipment and technologies to systematically collect and record accurate and reliable data, and use repeat trials to improve accuracy, precision and reliability

  Elaborations

  • applying specific skills in the use of scientific instruments
  • selecting and using probes and data loggers to record information
  • identifying how human error can influence the reliability of data

  VCSIS136 | Science | Levels 9 and 10 | Science Inquiry Skills | Planning and conducting

• VCSIS140

  Communicate scientific ideas and information for a particular purpose, including constructing evidence-based arguments and using appropriate scientific language, conventions and representations

  Elaborations

  • using secondary sources as well as students’ own findings to help explain a scientific concept
  • using a range of representations, including mathematical and symbolic forms, to communicate science ideas
  • presenting results and ideas using formal experimental reports, oral presentations, multimodal presentations, poster presentations and contributing to group discussions

  VCSIS140 | Science | Levels 9 and 10 | Science Inquiry Skills | Communicating

• VCSIS070

  Compare results with predictions, suggesting possible reasons for findings

  Elaborations

  • identifying and discussing numerical and visual patterns in data collected from students’ investigations and from other sources
  • discussing how well predictions matched results from an investigation
  • comparing, in small groups, results of investigations and accounting for differences, including explanation of their reasoning

  VCSIS070 | Science | Levels 3 and 4 | Science Inquiry Skills | Analysing and evaluating

• VCSIS107

  Identify questions, problems and claims that can be investigated scientifically and make predictions based on scientific knowledge

  Elaborations

  • considering whether an investigation using available resources is possible when identifying questions or problems to investigate
  • using information and knowledge from their own investigations and secondary sources to predict the expected results from an investigation
  • recognising that the solution of some questions and problems may require consideration of social, cultural, economic or moral factors in addition to results from scientific investigation

  VCSIS107 | Science | Levels 7 and 8 | Science Inquiry Skills | Questioning and predicting

• VCSIS019

  Supported to make links between causes and effects

  Elaborations

  • pointing to the body parts that are used to taste, smell, see, touch and hear
  • recognising what will happen next when using a familiar cause-and-effect activity, for example, deliberatively activating the effect, pointing to the effect

  VCSIS019 | Science | Level B | Science Inquiry Skills | Analysing and evaluating

• VCSIS085

  Construct and use a range of representations, including tables and graphs, to record, represent and describe observations, patterns or relationships in data

  Elaborations

  • using familiar units such as grams, seconds and metres and developing the use of standard multipliers such as kilometres and millimetres
  • using digital technologies to record data as digital images or in spreadsheets and to present data in tables and simple graphs
  • using digital technologies to construct representations, including dynamic representations

  VCSIS085 | Science | Levels 5 and 6 | Science Inquiry Skills | Recording and processing

• VCSIS026

  Supported to engage in simple scientific inquiry

  Elaborations

  • engaging in simple scientific inquiry to find answers to simple questions, for example, ‘What happens when I freeze water?’
  • participating in simple structured investigations to explore an object’s characteristics

  VCSIS026 | Science | Level C | Science Inquiry Skills | Questioning and predicting

• VCSIS008

  React and respond to objects and events

  Elaborations

  • exploring the sensory feedback they receive from objects around them that are placed within their space, for example, temperature, weight , texture or taste
  • attending to an activity or event for short periods of time

  VCSIS008 | Science | Level A | Science Inquiry Skills | Recording and processing

• VCSIS052

  Use informal measurements in the collection and recording of observations

  Elaborations

  • using units that are familiar to students from home and school, such as cups (cooking), hand spans (length) and walking paces (distance) to make and compare observations

  VCSIS052 | Science | Foundation to Level 2 | Science Inquiry Skills | Recording and processing

• VCSIS137

  Construct and use a range of representations, including graphs, keys, models and formulas, to record and summarise data from students’ own investigations and secondary sources, to represent qualitative and quantitative patterns or relationships, and distinguish between discrete and continuous data

  Elaborations

  • using spreadsheets to present data in tables and graphical forms and to carry out mathematical analyses of data
  • designing and constructing appropriate graphs to represent data and to look for trends and patterns

  VCSIS137 | Science | Levels 9 and 10 | Science Inquiry Skills | Recording and processing

• VCSIS017

  Explore using their senses

  Elaborations

  • beginning to use their senses, with teacher guidance, to explore and describe the world around them by tasting, smelling, seeing, touching and hearing
  • interacting with living things and objects, with teacher guidance, for example, comparing the textures of different animal coats, listening to different bird calls, comparing shapes and sizes of different containers

  VCSIS017 | Science | Level B | Science Inquiry Skills | Planning and conducting

• VCSIS009

  Accept and reject objects and events from the world around them

  Elaborations

  • tracking and following familiar people and objects
  • making a selection from an array of objects

  VCSIS009 | Science | Level A | Science Inquiry Skills | Analysing and evaluating

• VCSIS139

  Use knowledge of scientific concepts to evaluate investigation conclusions, including assessing the approaches used to solve problems, critically analysing the validity of information obtained from primary and secondary sources, suggesting possible alternative explanations and describing specific...

  Elaborations

  • discussing what is meant by 'validity' and how we can evaluate the validity of information in secondary sources
  • judging the validity of science-related media reports and how these reports might be interpreted by the public
  • using primary or secondary scientific evidence to support or refute a conclusion or claim
  • suggesting more than one possible explanation of the data presented

  VCSIS139 | Science | Levels 9 and 10 | Science Inquiry Skills | Analysing and evaluating

• VCSIS084

  Decide which variables should be changed, measured and controlled in fair tests and accurately observe, measure and record data

  Elaborations

  • discussing in groups how investigations can be made as fair as possible
  • using tools and digital technologies to accurately measure objects and events in investigation and exploring which tools provide the most accurate measurements
  • using digital technologies to make accurate measurements and record data

  VCSIS084 | Science | Levels 5 and 6 | Science Inquiry Skills | Planning and conducting

• VCSIS040

  Use both general terms and simple, scientific vocabulary to begin to describe their activities and observations

  Elaborations

  • working in a small group (with teacher support) using photos and real objects to describe what they have done and what they have found out
  • communicating ideas using images, key words, alternative and augmentative communication systems and answering ‘yes’ or ‘no’ questions related to their findings

  VCSIS040 | Science | Level D | Science Inquiry Skills | Communicating

• VCSIS050

  Respond to and pose questions, and make predictions about familiar objects and events

  Elaborations

  • considering questions relating to objects used in everyday life and changes in the weather
  • thinking about ‘What will happen if...?’ type questions about everyday objects and events

  VCSIS050 | Science | Foundation to Level 2 | Science Inquiry Skills | Questioning and predicting

• VCSIS088

  Communicate ideas and processes using evidence to develop explanations of events and phenomena and to identify simple cause-and-effect relationships

  Elaborations

  • discussing how models represent scientific ideas and constructing physical models to demonstrate an aspect of scientific understanding
  • using a variety of communication modes, for example, reports, explanations, arguments, debates and procedural accounts, to communicate science ideas
  • using labelled diagrams, including cross-sectional representations, to communicate ideas and processes

  VCSIS088 | Science | Levels 5 and 6 | Science Inquiry Skills | Communicating

• VCSIS039

  Use words to answer simple questions about observations and findings

  Elaborations

  • identifying the characteristics of an object or living thing, for example, ‘a house has a roof, windows, doors, a floor and rooms’, ‘an animal has eyes and a mouth, while a plant has roots, stems, leaves, flowers and fruit’
  • taking part in formal and guided discussions relating to students’ observations

  VCSIS039 | Science | Level D | Science Inquiry Skills | Analysing and evaluating

• VCSIS082

  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

  Elaborations

  • exploring a range of questions that can be asked about a problem or phenomena and, with guidance, identifying those questions that could be investigated by students
  • refining questions to enable scientific investigation
  • applying experience from previous investigations to predict the outcomes of investigations in new contexts

  VCSIS082 | Science | Levels 5 and 6 | Science Inquiry Skills | Questioning and predicting

• VCSIS087

  Suggest improvements to the methods used to investigate a question or solve a problem

  Elaborations

  • working collaboratively to identify where testing was not fair and suggesting how fairness could be improved
  • identifying improvements to investigation methods, and discussing how these improvements would affect the quality of the data obtained

  VCSIS087 | Science | Levels 5 and 6 | Science Inquiry Skills | Analysing and evaluating