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

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Year 6 · Subject-Based (Science) Learning Sequences

	Working Scientifically NESA / Science and Technology / Working Scientifically	Tangents: Reversible & Irreversible Changes Tangents: Reversible & Irreversible Changes	Tangents: Sudden Changes & Extreme Weather Tangents: Sudden Changes & Extreme Weather	Tangents: Electricity and Electrical Circuits Tangents: Electricity and Electrical Circuits
	Planning and conducting investigations
•	reflect on and make suggestions to improve fairness, accuracy and efficacy of a scientific investigation	1
•	identify potential risks in planning investigations	1
•	decide which variable(s) is to be changed, measured and kept the same, in fair tests	1
	Questioning and predicting
•	make and justify predictions about scientific investigations	1

	Earth and Space NESA / Science and Technology / Earth and Space	Tangents: Reversible & Irreversible Changes Tangents: Reversible & Irreversible Changes	Tangents: Sudden Changes & Extreme Weather Tangents: Sudden Changes & Extreme Weather	Tangents: Electricity and Electrical Circuits Tangents: Electricity and Electrical Circuits
	Changes to Earth's surface
•	investigate the effects of sudden geological changes and extreme weather events on the Earth's surface LINK		9
•	investigate ways that advances in science and technology have assisted people to plan for and manage natural disasters to minimise their effect LINK		7

	Material World NESA / Science and Technology / Material World	Tangents: Reversible & Irreversible Changes Tangents: Reversible & Irreversible Changes	Tangents: Sudden Changes & Extreme Weather Tangents: Sudden Changes & Extreme Weather	Tangents: Electricity and Electrical Circuits Tangents: Electricity and Electrical Circuits
	Mixtures
•	explore that when materials are combined the result is either a mixture or a new substance LINK	9
•	identify that mixtures can be separated using different techniques LINK	4

	Physical World NESA / Science and Technology / Physical World	Tangents: Reversible & Irreversible Changes Tangents: Reversible & Irreversible Changes	Tangents: Sudden Changes & Extreme Weather Tangents: Sudden Changes & Extreme Weather	Tangents: Electricity and Electrical Circuits Tangents: Electricity and Electrical Circuits
	Forces and energy in products and systems
•	describe examples where light, sound, heat and electrical energy transform from one type of energy to another LINK			8
•	investigate how electrical energy can control movement, sound, or light in a product or system LINK			1
•	design, test and evaluate a product or system that involves an energy transformation to meet an identified need using electrical energy LINK			1