What students learn in AC9S1I02
This unit helps students build a clear, usable understanding of Safe investigation procedures. The goal is not to memorise one answer pattern. Students should be able to explain the idea, recognise it in a new example and apply it in a short practice or worksheet task.
- Start with the main idea: suggest and follow safe procedures to investigate questions and test predictions.
- Use concrete examples, pictures, oral explanation and short written responses before moving to independent practice.
- suggesting ways to conduct investigations safely, including being sun safe, using age-appropriate equipment such as plastic goggles and aprons, or following teacher instructions promptly following steps in a guided investigation to determine how different objects move when pushed or pulled
- Finish with mixed questions so students must choose the correct strategy rather than copy the last example.
Curriculum coverage and elaborations
The content description and elaborations below show the curriculum ideas taught in this unit. Items marked as teaching context support lesson planning but may not appear in the initial eight-question activity.
- Content description: suggest and follow safe procedures to investigate questions and test predictions
- E1: suggesting ways to conduct investigations safely, including being sun safe, using age-appropriate equipment such as plastic goggles and aprons, or following teacher instructions promptly
- E2: following steps in a guided investigation to determine how different objects move when pushed or pulled
- E3: exploring different ways of investigating science questions through guided discussion
- E4: suggesting steps for setting up and packing away equipment
How to use this unit
Read the topic guide, use the teacher slide for instruction, then complete the Worksheet, Practice and Test. These three activities use the same eight-question unit bank.
Teacher resource
AC9S1I02 teacher slide
Use this one-page PDF to introduce the key idea, vocabulary and teaching sequence before students begin the activities.
Open teacher slide (PDF)Common mistakes to watch for
- Describing what is seen without connecting it to a question, pattern or prediction.
- Using everyday words only and missing simple scientific vocabulary.
- Changing more than one thing in an investigation, which makes the comparison unfair.
International curriculum mapping
This table gives closest-topic mapping for search and planning. The Australian Curriculum code is exact; overseas entries are broad equivalents because each jurisdiction structures outcomes differently.
| Region | Curriculum | Closest mapping |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | Australian Curriculum v9.0 | AC9S1I02 — suggest and follow safe procedures to investigate questions and test predictions |
| Victoria | Victorian Curriculum F-10 | Year 1 Science: closest match in Planning and conducting. Use this page as a VIC-aligned practice and worksheet reference. |
| NSW | NSW Curriculum | Stage 1 Science: closest content focus for Safe investigation procedures and related outcomes. |
| United States | Common Core / NGSS | Grade 1 NGSS science closest topic match for Safe investigation procedures. |
| England / UK | National Curriculum | Key Stage 1 / Year 1: closest programme-of-study match for Safe investigation procedures. |
| Canada | Provincial and territory curricula | Grade 1 closest topic match. Canada varies by province, so use this as a broad Ontario/BC-style learning outcome reference. |
| New Zealand | New Zealand Curriculum | Level 1 Science: closest achievement-objective topic for Safe investigation procedures. |
| India | NCERT / CBSE | Class 1 closest NCERT/CBSE topic match for Safe investigation procedures. |