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pose questions and make predictions based on experiences (AC9SFI01)

Elaborations
  • posing questions based on experiences, such as: ‘What part of a plant is broccoli?’ or ‘How high do balls bounce?’
  • posing questions about everyday objects and the materials that they may be made of
  • making predictions before field work, such as which plants and animals they may observe in the school grounds
  • making predictions about how an unusually shaped object such as an egg or a hexagonal block might move down a slope
General capabilities
  • Numeracy Numeracy
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and Creative Thinking
ScOT terms

Research questions,  Curiosity,  Predictions (Science)

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