Concept-Based Question-Based Subject-Based (Science)

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Aus Curriculum Map

Year 4 · Question Based Investigations

	Personal, Social and Community Health Australian Curriculum / Learning Areas / Health and Physical Education / Personal, Social and Community Health	Question-Based Investigations: The Buzz About Bees Question-Based Investigations: The Buzz About Bees	Question-Based Investigations: Edible Gardens Question-Based Investigations: Edible Gardens	Question-Based Investigations: The Impact of First Contact Question-Based Investigations: The Impact of First Contact	Question-Based Investigations: Age of Exploration Question-Based Investigations: Age of Exploration
	Being healthy, safe and active
•	Identify and practise strategies to promote health, safety and wellbeing ACPPS036		1
	Communicating and interacting for health and wellbeing
•	Discuss and interpret health information and messages in the media and internet ACPPS039		1
	Contributing to healthy and active communities
•	Participate in outdoor games and activities to examine how participation promotes a connection between the community, natural and built environments, and health and wellbeing ACPPS041		1

	Inquiry and skills Australian Curriculum / Learning Areas / Humanities and Social Sciences / HASS / Inquiry and skills	Question-Based Investigations: The Buzz About Bees Question-Based Investigations: The Buzz About Bees	Question-Based Investigations: Edible Gardens Question-Based Investigations: Edible Gardens	Question-Based Investigations: The Impact of First Contact Question-Based Investigations: The Impact of First Contact	Question-Based Investigations: Age of Exploration Question-Based Investigations: Age of Exploration
	Researching
•	Locate and collect information and data from different sources, including observations ACHASSI053	1
	Communicating
•	Present ideas, findings and conclusions in texts and modes that incorporate digital and non-digital representations and discipline-specific terms ACHASSI061				1

	Knowledge and Understanding Australian Curriculum / Learning Areas / Humanities and Social Sciences / HASS / Knowledge and Understanding	Question-Based Investigations: The Buzz About Bees Question-Based Investigations: The Buzz About Bees	Question-Based Investigations: Edible Gardens Question-Based Investigations: Edible Gardens	Question-Based Investigations: The Impact of First Contact Question-Based Investigations: The Impact of First Contact	Question-Based Investigations: Age of Exploration Question-Based Investigations: Age of Exploration
	History
•	How the community has changed and remained the same over time and the role that people of diverse backgrounds have played in the development and character of the local community ACHASSK063			1
•	The diversity of Australia's first peoples and the long and continuous connection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples to Country/Place (land, sea, waterways and skies) ACHASSK083			1
•	The journey(s) of AT LEAST ONE world navigator, explorer or trader up to the late eighteenth century, including their contacts with other societies and any impacts ACHASSK084				1
•	Stories of the First Fleet, including reasons for the journey, who travelled to Australia, and their experiences following arrival ACHASSK085			1
•	The nature of contact between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and others, for example, the Macassans and the Europeans, and the effects of these interactions on, for example, people and environments ACHASSK086			1
	Geography
•	The importance of environments, including natural vegetation, to animals and people ACHASSK088	1
•	The custodial responsibility Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples have for Country/Place, and how this influences views about sustainability ACHASSK089	1

	Design and Technologies Australian Curriculum / Learning Areas / Technologies / Design and Technologies	Question-Based Investigations: The Buzz About Bees Question-Based Investigations: The Buzz About Bees	Question-Based Investigations: Edible Gardens Question-Based Investigations: Edible Gardens	Question-Based Investigations: The Impact of First Contact Question-Based Investigations: The Impact of First Contact	Question-Based Investigations: Age of Exploration Question-Based Investigations: Age of Exploration
	Design and Technologies Knowledge and Understanding
•	Recognise the role of people in design and technologies occupations and explore factors, including sustainability that impact on the design of products, services and environments to meet community needs ACTDEK010		1
•	Investigate food and fibre production and food technologies used in modern and traditional societies ACTDEK012	1	2
•	Investigate the suitability of materials, systems, components, tools and equipment for a range of purposes ACTDEK013		1
	Design and Technologies Processes and Production Skills
•	Critique needs or opportunities for designing and explore and test a variety of materials, components, tools and equipment and the techniques needed to produce designed solutions ACTDEP014		1
•	Generate, develop, and communicate design ideas and decisions using appropriate technical terms and graphical representation techniques ACTDEP015		1
•	Select and use materials, components, tools, equipment and techniques and use safe work practices to make designed solutions ACTDEP016		1
•	Evaluate design ideas, processes and solutions based on criteria for success developed with guidance and including care for the environment ACTDEP017		1
•	Plan a sequence of production steps when making designed solutions individually and collaboratively ACTDEP018		1

	Science Understanding Australian Curriculum / Learning Areas / Science / Science Understanding	Question-Based Investigations: The Buzz About Bees Question-Based Investigations: The Buzz About Bees	Question-Based Investigations: Edible Gardens Question-Based Investigations: Edible Gardens	Question-Based Investigations: The Impact of First Contact Question-Based Investigations: The Impact of First Contact	Question-Based Investigations: Age of Exploration Question-Based Investigations: Age of Exploration
	Biological sciences
•	Living things can be grouped on the basis of observable features and can be distinguished from non-living things ACSSU044	1	1
•	Living things have life cycles ACSSU072	1	1

Science as a Human Endeavour

Question-Based Investigations: The Buzz About Bees

Question-Based Investigations: Edible Gardens

Question-Based Investigations: The Impact of First Contact

Question-Based Investigations: Age of Exploration

Use and influence of science

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Science knowledge helps people to understand the effect of their actions ACSHE051