Science / Year 1 / Science Inquiry Skills / Planning and conducting

Curriculum content descriptions

Participate in guided investigations to explore and answer questions (ACSIS025)

Elaborations
  • manipulating objects and making observations of what happens
  • researching ideas collaboratively using big books, web pages and ICT within the classroom
  • exploring different ways of solving science questions through guided discussion
  • sorting information and classifying objects based on easily observable characteristics with teacher guidance
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
  • Personal and social capability Personal and social capability
ScOT terms

Experiments,  Data collection

Online

What’s happening in the habitat?

We’re going to identify animals in their habitats by exploring either your backyard, schoolyard, a local park or some other natural place. Investigate your surroundings to see which animals are sharing the local habitat with you. Use the field guide to help you identify animals in your community.

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Australian Disaster Resilience Knowledge Hub: Australian disasters

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