Science / Year 4 / Science as a Human Endeavour / Nature and development of science

Curriculum content descriptions

Science involves making predictions and describing patterns and relationships (ACSHE061)

Elaborations
  • exploring ways in which scientists gather evidence for their ideas and develop explanations
  • considering how scientific practices such as sorting, classification and estimation are used by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in everyday life
General capabilities
  • Numeracy Numeracy
ScOT terms

Predictions (Science),  Patterns,  Causality

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