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Curriculum content descriptions

Share observations and ideas (ACSIS012)

Elaborations
  • working in groups to describe what students have done and what they have found out
  • communicating ideas through role play and drawing
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
  • Personal and social capability Personal and social capability
ScOT terms

Communication skills,  Explanations (Scientific inquiry),  Discussions (Texts)

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