Government Standards
New South Wales Education Standards
Science - Grade 4
Assessment Exam - NESA Science - Stage 4| Development of Solutions | eTAP Lesson |
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| Design and production processes in the development of solutions | |
| Selects and uses materials, tools and equipment to develop solutions for a need or opportunity
NSW.ST2-2DP-T |
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Science - Grade 8
| Values and Attitudes | eTAP Lesson |
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| Develop an appreciation of the contribution of science to finding solutions to personal, social and global issues relevant to their lives now and in the future | |
| Appreciates the importance of science in their lives and the role of scientific inquiry in increasing understanding of the world around them
NSW.SC4-1VA |
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| Shows a willingness to engage in finding solutions to science-related personal, social and global issues, including shaping sustainable futures
NSW.SC4-2VA |
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| Demonstrates confidence in making reasoned, evidence-based decisions about the current and future use and influence of science and technology, including ethical considerations
NSW.SC4-3VA |
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| Skills | eTAP Lesson |
| Working Scientifically | |
| Identifies questions and problems that can be tested or researched and makes predictions based on scientific knowledge
NSW.SC4-4WS |
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| Collaboratively and individually produces a plan to investigate questions and problems
NSW.SC4-5WS |
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| Follows a sequence of instructions to safely undertake a range of investigation types, collaboratively and individually
NSW.SC4-6WS |
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| Processes and analyses data from a first-hand investigation and secondary sources to identify trends, patterns and relationships, and draw conclusions
NSW.SC4-7WS |
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| Selects and uses appropriate strategies, understanding and skills to produce creative and plausible solutions to identified problems
NSW.SC4-8WS |
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| Presents science ideas, findings and information to a given audience using appropriate scientific language, text types and representations
NSW.SC4-9WS |
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| Knowledge and Understanding | eTAP Lesson |
| Physical World | |
| Describes the action of unbalanced forces in everyday situations
NSW.SC4-10PW |
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| Discusses how scientific understanding and technological developments have contributed to finding solutions to problems involving energy transfers and transformations
NSW.SC4-11PW |
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| Earth and Space | |
| Describes the dynamic nature of models, theories and laws in developing scientific understanding of the Earth and solar system
NSW.SC4-12ES |
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| Explains how advances in scientific understanding of processes that occur within and on the Earth, influence the choices people make about resource use and management
NSW.SC4-13ES |
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| Living World | |
| Relates the structure and function of living things to their classification, survival and reproduction
NSW.SC4-14LW |
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| Explains how new biological evidence changes people’s understanding of the world
NSW.SC4-15LW |
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| Chemical World | |
| Describes the observed properties and behaviour of matter, using scientific models and theories about the motion and arrangement of particles
NSW.SC4-16CW |
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| Explains how scientific understanding of, and discoveries about the properties of elements, compounds and mixtures relate to their uses in everyday lif
NSW.SC4-17CW |
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