Foundation - Level 2
SCIENCE
Science Understanding
- People use science in their daily lives (VCSSU041)
- Living things grow, change and have offspring similar to themselves (VCSSU043)
- Objects are made of materials that have observable properties (VCSSU044)
- Everyday materials can be physically changed or combined with other materials in a variety of ways for particular purposes (VCSSU045)
- The way objects move depends on a variety of factors including their size and shape: a push or a pull affects how an object moves or changes shape (VCSSU048)
- Light and sound are produced by a range of sources and can be sensed (VCSSU049)
Science Inquiry Skills
- Respond to and pose questions, and make predictions about familiar objects and events (VCSIS050)
- Participate in guided investigations, including making observations using the senses, to explore and answer questions (VCSIS051)
- Use informal measurements in the collection and recording of observations (VCSIS052)
- Compare observations and predictions with those of others (VCSIS054)
- Represent and communicate observations and ideas about changes in objects and events in a variety of ways (VCSIS055)
DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGIES
Technologies Contexts
- Explore how technologies use forces to create movement in designed solutions (VCDSTC014)
- Explore the characteristics and properties of materials and components that are used to create designed solutions (VCDSTC017)
Creating Designed Solutions
- Explore needs or opportunities for designing, and the technologies needed to realise designed solutions(VCDSCD018)
- Visualise, generate, and communicate design ideas through describing, drawing and modelling(VCDSCD019)
- Use materials, components, tools, equipment and techniques to produce designed solutions safely(VCDSCD020)
- Use personal preferences to evaluate the success of design ideas, processes and solutions including their care for environment (VCDSCD021)
- Sequence steps for making designed solutions(VCDSCD022)
DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES
Digital Systems
- Identify and explore digital systems (hardware and software components) for a purpose (VCDTDS013)
Creating Digital Solutions
- Follow, describe and represent a sequence of steps and decisions (algorithms) needed to solve simple problems (VCDTCD017)
MATHEMATICS
Number and Algebra
- Sort and classify familiar objects and explain the basis for these classifications, and copy, continue and create patterns with objects and drawings(VCMNA076)
- Follow a short sequence of instructions (VCMNA077)
Measurement and Geometry
- Use direct and indirect comparisons to decide which is longer, heavier or holds more, and explain reasoning in everyday language (VCMMG078)
- Measure and compare the lengths, masses and capacities of pairs of objects using uniform informal units (VCMMG095)
- Describe position and movement (VCMMG082)
- Give and follow directions to familiar locations(VCMMG099)
- Compare and order several shapes and objects based on length, area, volume and capacity using appropriate uniform informal units (VCMMG115)
- Compare masses of objects using balance scales(VCMMG116)
- Interpret simple maps of familiar locations and identify the relative positions of key features (VCMMG122)