What students learn in AC9S2I04
This unit helps students build a clear, usable understanding of And order data and information and represent patterns, including with.... 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: sort and order data and information and represent patterns, including with provided tables and visual or physical models.
- Use concrete examples, pictures, oral explanation and short written responses before moving to independent practice.
- adding labels to a drawing or digital photograph to indicate key features, such as properties of materials that stay the same when changed physically, or to indicate how sound is produced by an instrument ordering images of the changing appearance of the moon to show a monthly cycle
- 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: sort and order data and information and represent patterns, including with provided tables and visual or physical models
- E1: adding labels to a drawing or digital photograph to indicate key features, such as properties of materials that stay the same when changed physically, or to indicate how sound is produced by an instrument
- E2: ordering images of the changing appearance of the moon to show a monthly cycle
- E3: using a graphic organiser to sort images of musical instruments and the actions used to produce their sound
- E4: constructing simple column graphs and picture graphs with guidance to represent class investigations, such as recording objects that produce or do not produce sound
- E5: completing a table to record the number of ways different materials can be changed physically
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
AC9S2I04 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 | AC9S2I04 — sort and order data and information and represent patterns, including with provided tables and visual or physical models |
| Victoria | Victorian Curriculum F-10 | Year 2 Science: closest match in Processing, modelling and analysing. Use this page as a VIC-aligned practice and worksheet reference. |
| NSW | NSW Curriculum | Stage 1 Science: closest content focus for And order data and information and represent patterns, including with... and related outcomes. |
| United States | Common Core / NGSS | Grade 2 NGSS science closest topic match for And order data and information and represent patterns, including with.... |
| England / UK | National Curriculum | Key Stage 1 / Year 2: closest programme-of-study match for And order data and information and represent patterns, including with.... |
| 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 order data and information and represent patterns, including with.... |
| India | NCERT / CBSE | Class 2 closest NCERT/CBSE topic match for And order data and information and represent patterns, including with.... |