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Victorian Curriculum Links

Years 1&2

VCSSU045: Everyday materials can be physically changed or combined with other materials in a variety of ways for particular purposes.
VCSSU048: The way objects move depends on a variety of factors including their size and shape: a push or a pull affects how an object moves or changes shape.

VCSIS050: Respond to and pose questions, and make predictions about familiar objects and events.
VCSIS051: Participate in guided investigations, including making observations using the senses, to explore and answer questions.
VCSIS052: Use informal measurements in the collection and recording of observations.
VCSIS055: Represent and communicate observations and ideas about changes in objects and events in a variety of ways.
VCSIS054: Compare observations and predictions with those of others.

VCDSTC017: Explore the characteristics and properties of materials and components that are used to create designed solutions.

VCDSCD018: Explore needs or opportunities for designing, and the technologies needed to realise designed solutions.
VCDSCD019: Visualise, generate, and communicate design ideas through describing, drawing and modelling.
VCDSCD020: Use materials, components, tools, equipment and techniques to produce designed solutions safely.
VCDSCD021: Use personal preferences to evaluate the success of design ideas, processes and solutions including their care for environment.
VCDSCD022: Sequence steps for making designed solutions.

VCMMG078: Use direct and indirect comparisons to decide which is longer, heavier or holds more, and explain reasoning in everyday language.
VCMMG095: Measure and compare the lengths, masses and capacities of pairs of objects using uniform informal units.
VCMMG115: Compare and order several shapes and objects based on length, area, volume and capacity using appropriate uniform informal units.

VCSSU056: Science knowledge helps people to understand the effects of their actions.
VCSSU063: Heat can be produced in many ways and can move from one object to another; a change in the temperature of an object is related to the gain or loss of heat by the object.
VCSSU064: Forces can be exerted by one object on another through direct contact or from a distance.

VCSIS065: With guidance, identify questions in familiar contexts that can be investigated scientifically and predict what might happen based on prior knowledge.
VCSIS066: Suggest ways to plan and conduct investigations to find answers to questions including consideration of the elements of fair tests.
VCSIS067: Safely use appropriate materials, tools, equipment and technologies.
VCSIS070: Compare results with predictions, suggesting possible reasons for findings.
VCSIS071: Reflect on an investigation, including whether a test was fair or not.
VCSIS072: Represent and communicate observations, ideas and findings to show patterns and relationships using formal and informal scientific language.

VCDSTC024: Investigate how forces and the properties of materials affect the behaviour of a designed solution.
VCDSTC027: Investigate the suitability of materials, systems, components, tools and equipment for a range of purposes.

VCDSCD028: Critique needs or opportunities for designing and explore and test a variety of materials, components, tools and equipment and the techniques needed to create designed solutions.
VCDSCD029: Generate, develop, and communicate design ideas and decisions using appropriate technical terms and graphical representation techniques.
VCDSCD030: Select and use materials, components, tools and equipment using safe work practices to produce designed solutions.
VCDSCD031: Evaluate design ideas, processes and solutions based on criteria for success developed with guidance and including care for the environment and communities.
VCDSCD032: Plan a sequence of production steps when making designed solutions.

VCMMG140: Measure, order and compare objects using familiar metric units of length, area, mass and capacity.
VCMMG165: Use scaled instruments to measure and compare lengths, masses, capacities and temperatures.

VCSSU081: Energy from a variety of sources can be used to generate electricity; electric circuits enable this energy to be transferred to another place and then to be transformed into another form of energy.
VCSSU073: Scientific understandings, discoveries and inventions are used to inform personal and community decisions and to solve problems that directly affect people’s lives.

VCSIS082: With guidance, pose questions to clarify practical problems or inform a scientific investigation, and predict what the findings of an investigation might be based on previous experiences or general rules.
VCSIS083: With guidance, plan appropriate investigation types to answer questions or solve problems and use equipment, technologies and materials safely, identifying potential risks.
VCSIS086: Compare data with predictions and use as evidence in developing explanations.
VCSIS087: Suggest improvements to the methods used to investigate a question or solve a problem.
VCSIS088: Communicate ideas and processes using evidence to develop explanations of events and phenomena and to identify simple cause-and-effect relationships.

VCDSTC034: Investigate how forces or electrical energy can control movement, sound or light in a designed product or system.
VCDSTC037: Investigate characteristics and properties of a range of materials, systems, components, tools and equipment and evaluate the impact of their use.

VCDSCD038: Critique needs or opportunities for designing, and investigate materials, components, tools, equipment and processes to achieve intended designed solutions.
VCDSCD039: Generate, develop, communicate and document design ideas and processes for audiences using appropriate technical terms and graphical representation techniques.
VCDSCD040: Apply safe procedures when using a variety of materials, components, tools, equipment and techniques to produce designed solutions.
VCDSCD042: Develop project plans that include consideration of resources when making designed solutions.

VCMMG195: Choose appropriate units of measurement for length, area, volume, capacity and mass.
VCMMG222: Connect decimal representations to the metric system.