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Australian Curriculum Science 7-10
Curriculum Directorate K-12
The Science Strands
Inquiry Skills
Science Understandin
g
Science as a Human
Endeavour
• the skills of being a scientist
• social and ethical impact
• applications • historical
aspects • career paths
• concepts• principles• Laws• theories• models
Curriculum Directorate K-12
Organisation of the Curriculum
Curriculum for a particular year
Content descriptions organised into strands
Content elaborations
Achievement standards
Work samples
Curriculum Directorate K-12
Content Descriptions
Content descriptions: • specify what teachers are expected to teach• include the knowledge, skills and understanding for
Science at each year level • provide a well-researched scope and sequence of
teaching• provide sufficient flexibility for teachers to determine
how best to cater for individual student's learning needs and interests
• identify the mandatory curriculum content
Curriculum Directorate K-12
Curriculum Directorate K-12
Content DescriptionsDo the content descriptions provided in the Australian Curriculum for Science Years 7 – 10 identify the essential knowledge, understanding and skills we would want students to be engage with in a 21st Century Science curriculum?
Discuss• What is missing - why is it essential content?• Is anything there that isn’t essential?
• Would you remove it?• Is it necessary for later learning?
• Is the content logically sequenced?
Curriculum Directorate K-12
Content Elaborations
Content elaborations provide examples that illustrate each content description.
These are available for those teachers and others who may require assistance to better understand the content description.
They do not identify or represent mandatory content.
Curriculum Directorate K-12
Curriculum Directorate K-12
Content elaborationsHow would you use content elaborations?
Do they clarify the content intent without adding new content?
Are content elaborations valuable?• For programming?• For building a continuum of learning?• For developing an understanding of the
Australian Curriculum: Science ?
Curriculum Directorate K-12
Achievement Standards
An achievement standard is an expectation of the quality of learning that students should reach by a particular point in their schooling (e.g. the depth of their understanding, the extent of their knowledge and the sophistication of their skills).
Achievement standards describe a student performing at a C level
Curriculum Directorate K-12
By the end of Year 7, students are able to formulate questions and predictions to be investigated. They can select, with guidance, an appropriate method to investigate their questions (eg designing a fair test, survey, information research, use of secondary sources) and conduct investigations safely in groups or individually.
Curriculum Directorate K-12
Achievement StandardsDiscuss:
• How will you use the achievement standards?
• Are they of benefit in planning your teaching and learning programme?
• Do these standards reflect the important aspects of a students learning (content descriptions) in each year?
• Are they a useful guide to assist teachers in understanding the Australian Curriculum Science?
Curriculum Directorate K-12
Achievement Standards
Will they be something that assists teacher judgement of student performance?
Will they help to build consistency of teacher judgement?Across NSW?Within the Region?Within the school?For individuals?
Will the achievement standards aid your capacity to communicate with parents and the community?
Curriculum Directorate K-12
General Capabilities &Cross – Curriculum Dimensions
The content descriptions incorporate appropriately:The 10 general capabilities e.g. ICT, literacy, numeracy,
thinking skills, creativityThe cross-curriculum dimensions in ways appropriate to
each learning area
Curriculum Directorate K-12
• Can the Australian Curriculum for Science 7 – 10 be taught in the time that you currently have available in school – (500 hours Years 7 – 10)
• Discuss
Time allocation
Curriculum Directorate K-12
Commonalities with the current NSW syllabus
Current NSW Syllabus Australian Curriculum: Science
Prescribed Focus Areas:• Described across Years 7 – 10
Science as a Human Endeavour• Described across Years 7 – 8
and Years 9 – 10
Knowledge and Understanding• Described across Years 7 – 8
and Years 9 – 10
Science Understanding• Described for each Year 7 to 10
Skills• Described across Years 7 - 10
Inquiry Skills• Described across Years 7 – 8
and Years 9 – 10
Curriculum Directorate K-12
Use the Curriculum Support forumor Contact
Ric Morante SCA Science 7-12 Phone 9886 [email protected]
Glen SawleManager Science Phone 9886 [email protected]
Contact details for further information or to provide feedback