Vic Curriculum Map

	Science Understanding Victorian Curriculum / Learning Areas / Science / Science Understanding	Tangents: Solids, Liquids, and Gases Tangents: Solids, Liquids, and Gases	Tangents: Earth and the Solar System Tangents: Earth and the Solar System	Tangents: Reflection, Absorption & Refraction Tangents: Reflection, Absorption & Refraction
	Science as a human endeavour
•	Scientific understandings, discoveries and inventions are used to inform personal and community decisions and to solve problems that directly affect people’s lives VCSSU073	1
	Chemical sciences
•	Solids, liquids and gases behave in different ways and have observable properties that help to classify them VCSSU076	7
	Earth and space sciences
•	Earth is part of a system of planets orbiting around a star (the Sun) VCSSU078		9
	Physical sciences
•	Light from a source forms shadows and can be absorbed, reflected and refracted VCSSU080			8

	Science Inquiry Skills Victorian Curriculum / Learning Areas / Science / Science Inquiry Skills	Tangents: Solids, Liquids, and Gases Tangents: Solids, Liquids, and Gases	Tangents: Earth and the Solar System Tangents: Earth and the Solar System	Tangents: Reflection, Absorption & Refraction Tangents: Reflection, Absorption & Refraction
	Questioning and predicting
•	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 VCSIS082	1
	Recording and processing
•	Construct and use a range of representations, including tables and graphs, to record, represent and describe observations, patterns or relationships in data VCSIS085	1
	Analysing and evaluating
•	Suggest improvements to the methods used to investigate a question or solve a problem VCSIS087	1
	Communicating
•	Communicate ideas and processes using evidence to develop explanations of events and phenomena and to identify simple cause-and-effect relationships VCSIS088	1

Science Understanding