Level 3 - Level 4

Science Understanding

• Science knowledge helps people to understand the effects of their actions (VCSSU056)
• Living things can be grouped on the basis of observable features and can be distinguished from non-living things (VCSSU057)
• Different living things have different life cycles and depend on each other and the environment to survive (VCSSU058)
• A change of state between solid and liquid can be caused by adding or removing heat (VCSSU059)
• Natural and processed materials have a range of physical properties; these properties can influence their use (VCSSU060)
• Heat can be produced in many ways and can move from one object to another; a change in the temperature of an object is related to the gain or loss of heat by the object (VCSSU063)
• Forces can be exerted by one object on another through direct contact or from a distance (VCSSU064)

Science Inquiry Skills

• With guidance, identify questions in familiar contexts that can be investigated scientifically and predict what might happen based on prior knowledge (VCSIS065)
• Suggest ways to plan and conduct investigations to find answers to questions including consideration of the elements of fair tests (VCSIS066)
• Safely use appropriate materials, tools, equipment and technologies (VCSIS067)
• Use formal measurements in the collection and recording of observations (VCSIS068)
• Compare results with predictions, suggesting possible reasons for findings (VCSIS070)
• Reflect on an investigation, including whether a test was fair or not (VCSIS071)
• Represent and communicate observations, ideas and findings to show patterns and relationships using formal and informal scientific language (VCSIS072)

Technologies Contexts

• Investigate how forces and the properties of materials affect the behaviour of a designed solution(VCDSTC024)
• Investigate the suitability of materials, systems, components, tools and equipment for a range of purposes (VCDSTC027)

Creating Designed Solutions

• Critique needs or opportunities for designing and explore and test a variety of materials, components, tools and equipment and the techniques needed to create designed solutions (VCDSCD028)
• Generate, develop, and communicate design ideas and decisions using appropriate technical terms and graphical representation techniques (VCDSCD029)
• Select and use materials, components, tools and equipment using safe work practices to produce designed solutions (VCDSCD030)
• Evaluate design ideas, processes and solutions based on criteria for success developed with guidance and including care for the environment and communities(VCDSCD031)
• Plan a sequence of production steps when making designed solutions (VCDSCD032)

Digital Systems

• Explore a range of digital systems with peripheral devices for different purposes, and transmit different types of data (VCDTDS019)

Data and Information

• Recognise different types of data and explore how the same data can be represented in different ways(VCDTDI020)

Creating Digital Solutions

• Define simple problems, and describe and follow a sequence of steps and decisions involving branching and user input (algorithms) needed to solve them(VCDTCD023)
• Explain how student-developed solutions and existing information systems meet common personal, school or community needs (VCDTCD025)

Number and Algebra

• Model and represent unit fractions including 1/2, 1/4, 1/3, 1/5 and their multiples to a complete whole(VCMNA136)

Measurement and Geometry

• Measure, order and compare objects using familiar metric units of length, area, mass and capacity(VCMMG140)
• Identify angles as measures of turn and compare angle sizes in everyday situations (VCMMG146)
• Use scaled instruments to measure and compare lengths, masses, capacities and temperatures(VCMMG165)
• Use scaled instruments to measure and compare lengths, masses, capacities and temperatures(VCMMG165)
• Compare angles and classify them as equal to, greater than or less than a right angle (VCMMG174)