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Science // Scientific Inquiry
Simple Design ProblemsDefine a simple design problem reflecting a need or want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost
Ages 8 to 11MethodScience // Scientific Inquiry
Evidence Supporting IdeasIdentify scientific evidence that has been used to support or refute ideas or arguments, evaluating the strength of evidence
Ages 9 to 11Thinking skillScience // Scientific Inquiry
Drawing conclusions from evidence (age 9+)Report and present findings including conclusions, causal relationships, explanations, and a degree of trust in results using oral and written forms
Ages 9 to 11Thinking skillScience // Scientific Inquiry
Controlling variablesPlan different types of scientific enquiries to answer questions, recognising and controlling variables where necessary
Ages 9 to 11Thinking skillScience // Scientific Inquiry
Fair testing (age 9+)Use test results to make predictions and set up further comparative and fair tests to investigate new questions
Ages 9 to 11Thinking skillScience // Scientific Inquiry
Science Can Be RevisedScientific knowledge is provisional — it is the best current explanation based on available evidence, and it can and should be revised when better evidence…
Ages 9 to 11Thinking skillScience // Scientific Inquiry
Recording data and resultsRecord data and results of increasing complexity using scientific diagrams, classification keys, tables, scatter graphs, bar and line graphs
Ages 9 to 11MethodScience // Scientific Inquiry
Accurate MeasurementTake measurements with increasing accuracy and precision using a range of scientific equipment, taking repeat readings when appropriate
Ages 9 to 11MethodScience // Scientific Inquiry
Controlling variables (age 11+)Form a testable scientific hypothesis linking an independent variable to a predicted outcome, plan a full investigation identifying independent, dependent, and…
Ages 11 to 12Thinking skillScience // Scientific Inquiry
Repeated tests for reliabilityDistinguish between precision (consistency of repeated readings) and accuracy (closeness to true value), use significant figures and standard form correctly…
Ages 11 to 12ConceptScience // Scientific Inquiry
Drawing conclusions from evidence (age 12+)Identify patterns and trends in data, draw conclusions that directly address the hypothesis with quantitative reference to evidence, and evaluate the…
Ages 12 to 13Thinking skillScience // Scientific Inquiry
Tables, charts, and graphsConstruct data tables with correct headings and SI units, plot appropriate graph types (bar chart, line graph, scatter graph), draw a line of best fit, and…
Ages 12 to 13RepresentationScience // Scientific Inquiry
Writing Science ReportsCommunicate scientific findings in a structured report using appropriate scientific vocabulary, SI units, and standard notation; describe how peer review and…
Ages 13 to 14Thinking skillScience // Space Exploration
Sun, Moon & StarsIdentify the Sun, Moon, and stars as objects in the sky and describe basic differences: the Sun gives light and heat during the day, stars are tiny points of…
Ages 5 to 7ConceptScience // Space Exploration
Our Solar SystemKnow that there are other planets besides Earth and that our group of planets orbiting the Sun is called the solar system — and that space is the vast area…
Ages 5 to 7ConceptScience // Space Exploration
What Astronauts DoKnow that astronauts are people who travel to space in rockets, that humans have walked on the Moon (Apollo missions), and that astronauts today live and work…
Ages 5 to 7ConceptScience // Space Exploration
Moon PhasesObserve and describe the Moon's changing shape over about a month, recognising that it goes through a repeating cycle of phases from new moon (invisible) to…
Ages 5 to 7ConceptScience // Space Exploration
Spotting ConstellationsRecognise a few star patterns (constellations) in the night sky, starting with the Big Dipper (the Plough), and understand that the North Star (Polaris) can be…
Ages 5 to 7ConceptScience // Space Exploration
The Sun is a starKnow that the Sun is a star — the closest star to Earth — and that it is at the centre of our solar system, with all eight planets orbiting around it
Ages 7 to 9ConceptScience // Space Exploration
Earth's Spin & OrbitUnderstand that Earth moves in two ways: it rotates (spins) on its axis once every 24 hours causing day and night, and it orbits (travels around) the Sun once…
Ages 7 to 9ConceptScience // Space Exploration
The Eight PlanetsName the eight planets in order from the Sun (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune), know that Pluto is a dwarf planet, and distinguish…
Ages 7 to 9ConceptScience // Space Exploration
Space Robots & RoversDescribe how robots and rovers have explored places humans cannot easily go — Mars rovers like Curiosity and Perseverance drive across Mars taking photos…
Ages 7 to 9ConceptScience // Space Exploration
Planet FeaturesDescribe a key feature of each planet: Mercury is smallest and closest, Venus is the hottest, Mars is red with rust, Jupiter is the largest with a Great Red…
Ages 7 to 9ConceptScience // Space Exploration
The Moon's OrbitKnow that the Moon orbits Earth approximately once a month, that it does not make its own light but reflects sunlight, and that its changing appearance (phases)…
Ages 7 to 9Concept