What do students learn in Foundation Science?

The Australian Curriculum v9 has 9 Science content descriptions for Foundation. They are listed on this page with their codes.

How do I plan a Foundation Science lesson for a content description?

Choose "Plan this" next to the content description. Heapso opens a lesson plan set to Foundation Science with that code linked, so the plan is built around it. You can change anything before Pip writes.

Foundation Science in the Australian Curriculum

9 content descriptions from Version 9.0. Choose "Plan this" to open a lesson plan set up for that content description.

Content descriptions

Science understanding

Biological sciences

AC9SFU01
observe external features of plants and animals and describe ways they can be grouped based on these features
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Physical sciences

AC9SFU02
describe how objects move and how factors including their size, shape or material influence their movement
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Chemical sciences

AC9SFU03
recognise that objects can be composed of different materials and describe the observable properties of those materials
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Science as a human endeavour

Use and influence of science

AC9SFH01
explore the ways people make and use observations and questions to learn about the natural world
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Science inquiry

Questioning and predicting

AC9SFI01
pose questions and make predictions based on experiences
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Planning and conducting

AC9SFI02
engage in investigations safely and make observations using their senses
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Processing, modelling and analysing

AC9SFI03
represent observations in provided templates and identify patterns with guidance
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Evaluating

AC9SFI04
compare observations with predictions with guidance
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Communicating

AC9SFI05
share questions, predictions, observations and ideas with others
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Elaborations and achievement standards on the Australian Curriculum website

Other Foundation learning areas

Questions teachers ask

What do students learn in Foundation Science?: The Australian Curriculum v9 has 9 Science content descriptions for Foundation. They are listed on this page with their codes.
How do I plan a Foundation Science lesson for a content description?: Choose "Plan this" next to the content description. Heapso opens a lesson plan set to Foundation Science with that code linked, so the plan is built around it. You can change anything before Pip writes.

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