What students learn in AC9S2I02
This unit helps students build a clear, usable understanding of And follow safe procedures to investigate questions and test predictions. 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.
- showing appropriate use of materials and equipment to others such as teachers, students or trusted adults and making suggestions about how to make an investigation safe or safer discussing ways they could conduct observations of the sun in a safe way
- 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: showing appropriate use of materials and equipment to others such as teachers, students or trusted adults and making suggestions about how to make an investigation safe or safer
- E2: discussing ways they could conduct observations of the sun in a safe way
- E3: following visual or verbal steps to construct a musical instrument or manipulate a material
- E4: suggesting ways they could manipulate materials and tools they could use
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
AC9S2I02 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 | AC9S2I02 — suggest and follow safe procedures to investigate questions and test predictions |
| Victoria | Victorian Curriculum F-10 | Year 2 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 And follow safe procedures to investigate questions and test predictions and related outcomes. |
| United States | Common Core / NGSS | Grade 2 NGSS science closest topic match for And follow safe procedures to investigate questions and test predictions. |
| England / UK | National Curriculum | Key Stage 1 / Year 2: closest programme-of-study match for And follow safe procedures to investigate questions and test predictions. |
| Canada | Provincial and territory curricula | Grade 2 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 And follow safe procedures to investigate questions and test predictions. |
| India | NCERT / CBSE | Class 2 closest NCERT/CBSE topic match for And follow safe procedures to investigate questions and test predictions. |