VCSSU116 | Science | Levels 9 and 10 | Science Understanding | Science as a human endeavour
VCSIS134 | Science | Levels 9 and 10 | Science Inquiry Skills | Questioning and predicting
The VCAA has published the Victorian Curriculum F–10 Version 2.0. To view the curriculum, familiarisation resources and support material, go to the Victorian Curriculum F–10 Version 2.0 website.
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Overview material | Science
By the end of Level 8, students explain how evidence has led to an improved understanding of a scientific idea. They discuss how science knowledge can be applied to generate solutions to contemporary problems and explain how these solutions may impact on society. They investigate different forms...
Level description | Science | Levels 7 and 8
The Science curriculum has two interrelated strands: Science Understanding and Science Inquiry Skills. Together, the two strands of the science curriculum provide students with understanding, knowledge and skills through which they can develop a scientific view of the world.
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Overview material | Science
VCSIS107 | Science | Levels 7 and 8 | Science Inquiry Skills | Questioning and predicting
VCSSU115 | Science | Levels 9 and 10 | Science Understanding | Science as a human endeavour
VCSIS065 | Science | Levels 3 and 4 | Science Inquiry Skills | Questioning and predicting
VCSSU090 | Science | Levels 7 and 8 | Science Understanding | Science as a human endeavour
By the end of Level 6, students explain how scientific knowledge is used in decision making and develops from many people’s contributions. They discuss how scientific understandings, discoveries and inventions affect peoples’ lives. They compare the properties and behaviours of solids...
Level description | Science | Levels 5 and 6
Six key concepts frame learning in the Science Understanding strand, support key aspects of the Science Inquiry Skills strand and contribute to developing students’ appreciation of the nature of science.
The six key concepts are:
An important...
Overview material | Science
VCSSU089 | Science | Levels 7 and 8 | Science Understanding | Science as a human endeavour
In Levels 3 and 4, the curriculum focus is on recognising questions that can be investigated scientifically and undertaking investigations. Students observe heat and its effects on solids and liquids and begin to develop an understanding of energy flows through simple systems. In observing day...
Level description | Science
VCSIS082 | Science | Levels 5 and 6 | Science Inquiry Skills | Questioning and predicting
VCSIS136 | Science | Levels 9 and 10 | Science Inquiry Skills | Planning and conducting
VCSIS026 | Science | Level C | Science Inquiry Skills | Questioning and predicting
By the end of Level 10, students analyse how models and theories have developed over time and discuss the factors that prompted their review. They predict how future applications of science and technology may affect people’s lives. They explain the concept of energy conservation and model...
Level description | Science | Levels 9 and 10
In Levels 9 and 10, the curriculum focus is on explaining phenomena involving science and its applications. Students consider both classic and contemporary science contexts to explain the operation of systems at a range of scales. At a microscopic scale, they consider the atom as a system of protons...
Level description | Science
In Levels 5 and 6, the curriculum focus is on recognising questions that can be investigated scientifically and undertaking investigations. Students explore how changes can be classified in different ways. Students are introduced to cause-and-effect relationships that relate to form and function...
Level description | Science
VCSSU060 | Science | Levels 3 and 4 | Science Understanding | Chemical sciences