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Science / Year 5 / Science inquiry / Planning and conducting
Curriculum content descriptions
use equipment to observe, measure and record data with reasonable precision, using digital tools as appropriate (AC9S5I03)
Elaborations
- exploring which equipment gives the most reasonable precision for the measurements of data required in the investigation
- exploring the precision of measurements of different equipment such as a cup compared with a measuring jug and discussing why precision is important in measurement
- recording data using standard units, such as grams, second and metre, and developing the use of standard prefixes for metric units such as kilo- and milli-
- recording data in tables and diagrams or electronically as digital images and spreadsheets
General capabilities
ScOT terms
Accuracy and precision, Data representation, Data collection, Instrumentation (Technology), SI units