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

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Aus Curriculum Map

Year 5 · Question Based Investigations

	Personal, Social and Community Health Australian Curriculum / Learning Areas / Health and Physical Education / Personal, Social and Community Health	Question-Based Investigations: Journey to the Red Planet Question-Based Investigations: Journey to the Red Planet	Question-Based Investigations: Natural Disasters Question-Based Investigations: Natural Disasters	Question-Based Investigations: Spend and Save Question-Based Investigations: Spend and Save	Question-Based Investigations: Voting for Change Question-Based Investigations: Voting for Change
	Being healthy, safe and active
•	Identify and practise strategies to promote health, safety and wellbeing ACPPS036		1
•	Investigate community resources and ways to seek help about health, safety and wellbeing ACPPS053		1
•	Plan and practise strategies to promote health, safety and wellbeing ACPPS054		1
	Communicating and interacting for health and wellbeing
•	Recognise how media and important people in the community influence personal attitudes, beliefs, decisions and behaviours ACPPS057			1

Inquiry and skills

Question-Based Investigations: Journey to the Red Planet

Question-Based Investigations: Natural Disasters

Question-Based Investigations: Spend and Save

Question-Based Investigations: Voting for Change

Researching

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Locate and collect relevant information and data from primary and secondary sources ACHASSI095

	Knowledge and Understanding Australian Curriculum / Learning Areas / Humanities and Social Sciences / HASS / Knowledge and Understanding	Question-Based Investigations: Journey to the Red Planet Question-Based Investigations: Journey to the Red Planet	Question-Based Investigations: Natural Disasters Question-Based Investigations: Natural Disasters	Question-Based Investigations: Spend and Save Question-Based Investigations: Spend and Save	Question-Based Investigations: Voting for Change Question-Based Investigations: Voting for Change
	Geography
•	The influence of people, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, on the environmental characteristics of Australian places ACHASSK112		1
•	The environmental and human influences on the location and characteristics of a place and the management of spaces within them ACHASSK113		1
•	The impact of bushfires or floods on environments and communities, and how people can respond ACHASSK114		1
	Civics and citizenship
•	The key values that underpin Australia’s democracy ACHASSK115				1
•	The key features of the electoral process in Australia ACHASSK116				1
•	Why regulations and laws are enforced and the personnel involved ACHASSK117				1
•	How people with shared beliefs and values work together to achieve a civic goal ACHASSK118		1		1
	Economics and business
•	The difference between needs and wants and why choices need to be made about how limited resources are used ACHASSK119			1
•	Types of resources (natural, human, capital) and the ways societies use them to satisfy the needs and wants of present and future generations ACHASSK120			1
•	Influences on consumer choices and methods that can be used to help make informed personal consumer and financial choices ACHASSK121			1

	Design and Technologies Australian Curriculum / Learning Areas / Technologies / Design and Technologies	Question-Based Investigations: Journey to the Red Planet Question-Based Investigations: Journey to the Red Planet	Question-Based Investigations: Natural Disasters Question-Based Investigations: Natural Disasters	Question-Based Investigations: Spend and Save Question-Based Investigations: Spend and Save	Question-Based Investigations: Voting for Change Question-Based Investigations: Voting for Change
	Design and Technologies Knowledge and Understanding
•	Examine how people in design and technologies occupations address competing considerations, including sustainability in the design of products, services, and environments for current and future use ACTDEK019	1
•	Investigate how and why food and fibre are produced in managed environments and prepared to enable people to grow and be healthy ACTDEK021	1
	Design and Technologies Processes and Production Skills
•	Critique needs or opportunities for designing, and investigate materials, components, tools, equipment and processes to achieve intended designed solutions ACTDEP024	1
•	Generate, develop and communicate design ideas and processes for audiences using appropriate technical terms and graphical representation techniques ACTDEP025	1
•	Negotiate criteria for success that include sustainability to evaluate design ideas, processes and solutions ACTDEP027	1
•	Develop project plans that include consideration of resources when making designed solutions individually and collaboratively ACTDEP028	1

	Science Understanding Australian Curriculum / Learning Areas / Science / Science Understanding	Question-Based Investigations: Journey to the Red Planet Question-Based Investigations: Journey to the Red Planet	Question-Based Investigations: Natural Disasters Question-Based Investigations: Natural Disasters	Question-Based Investigations: Spend and Save Question-Based Investigations: Spend and Save	Question-Based Investigations: Voting for Change Question-Based Investigations: Voting for Change
	Biological sciences
•	Living things have structural features and adaptations that help them to survive in their environment ACSSU043	1
•	The growth and survival of living things are affected by physical conditions of their environment ACSSU094	1
	Earth and space sciences
•	The Earth is part of a system of planets orbiting around a star (the sun) ACSSU078	1
•	Sudden geological changes and extreme weather events can affect Earth’s surface ACSSU096		1

	Science as a Human Endeavour Australian Curriculum / Learning Areas / Science / Science as a Human Endeavour	Question-Based Investigations: Journey to the Red Planet Question-Based Investigations: Journey to the Red Planet	Question-Based Investigations: Natural Disasters Question-Based Investigations: Natural Disasters	Question-Based Investigations: Spend and Save Question-Based Investigations: Spend and Save	Question-Based Investigations: Voting for Change Question-Based Investigations: Voting for Change
	Nature and development of science
•	Science involves testing predictions by gathering data and using evidence to develop explanations of events and phenomena and reflects historical and cultural contributions ACSHE081	1
	Use and influence of science
•	Scientific knowledge is used to solve problems and inform personal and community decisions ACSHE083	1
•	Scientific knowledge is used to solve problems and inform personal and community decisions ACSHE100	1

	Science Inquiry Skills Australian Curriculum / Learning Areas / Science / Science Inquiry Skills	Question-Based Investigations: Journey to the Red Planet Question-Based Investigations: Journey to the Red Planet	Question-Based Investigations: Natural Disasters Question-Based Investigations: Natural Disasters	Question-Based Investigations: Spend and Save Question-Based Investigations: Spend and Save	Question-Based Investigations: Voting for Change Question-Based Investigations: Voting for Change
	Questioning and predicting
•	With guidance, pose clarifying questions and make predictions about scientific investigations ACSIS231	1
	Communicating
•	Communicate ideas, explanations and processes using scientific representations in a variety of ways, including multi-modal texts ACSIS093	1