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• VCSIS030

  Use pictures, symbols, concrete objects and/or simple familiar words to facilitate communication

  Elaborations

  • recognising and beginning to use words that describe the characteristics of substances, for example, ‘red’, ‘soft’, ‘hard’, ‘light’, ‘heavy’
  • learning to use words that describe simple forces, for example, ‘fast’, ‘slow’, ‘push’ and ‘pull’

  VCSIS030 | Science | Level C | Science Inquiry Skills | Communicating

• VCSIS028

  Use pictures and words to describe observations and findings and begin to categorise objects

  Elaborations

  • using pictures, photos, symbols and concrete objects to record observations about the weather
  • beginning to categorise some familiar substances with similar properties related to a sense, for example, hard or soft, rough or smooth

  VCSIS028 | Science | Level C | Science Inquiry Skills | Recording and processing

• VCSSU097

  Differences between elements, compounds and mixtures can be described by using a particle model

  Elaborations

  • modelling the arrangement of particles in elements and compounds
  • recognising that elements and simple compounds can be represented by symbols and formulas
  • explaining why elements and compounds can be represented by chemical formulas while mixtures cannot

  VCSSU097 | Science | Levels 7 and 8 | Science Understanding | Chemical sciences

• Science: Levels 9 and 10 achievement standards

  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

• 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

• VCSSU125

  Different types of chemical reactions are used to produce a range of products and can occur at different rates; chemical reactions may be represented by balanced chemical equations

  Elaborations

  • investigating how chemical reactions result in the production of a range of useful substances, for example, fuels, metals and pharmaceuticals
  • using word or symbol equations to represent chemical reactions
  • investigating the effect of a range of factors, for example, temperature and catalysts, on the rate of chemical reactions

  VCSSU125 | Science | Levels 9 and 10 | Science Understanding | Chemical sciences