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Curriculum content descriptions

make and record observations, including informal measurements, using digital tools as appropriate (AC9S1I03)

Elaborations
  • exploring what an observation is, and different ways to make observations through guided discussion
  • counting and using informal measurements such as cups, handspans, walking paces, blocks, pencil lengths or lengths of string
  • making suggestions about types of measurements that may be made during an investigation, including using blocks to measure plant growth or paces to measure how far an object has moved
  • recording observations through text, drawing, counts, informal measurements, digital photography or video
General capabilities
  • Numeracy Numeracy
ScOT terms

Informal units,  Experiments,  Data collection,  Instrumentation (Technology),  Observations (Data)

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