What students learn in AC9S2I06
This unit helps students build a clear, usable understanding of And create texts to communicate observations, findings and ideas, using.... 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: write and create texts to communicate observations, findings and ideas, using everyday and scientific vocabulary.
- Use concrete examples, pictures, oral explanation and short written responses before moving to independent practice.
- using learnt scientific vocabulary and structuring texts to sequence events, processes or ideas creating and narrating a short animation to show the changing position of the sun across the day and using terms such as ‘sunrise’, ‘sunset’ and ‘horizon’
- 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: write and create texts to communicate observations, findings and ideas, using everyday and scientific vocabulary
- E1: using learnt scientific vocabulary and structuring texts to sequence events, processes or ideas
- E2: creating and narrating a short animation to show the changing position of the sun across the day and using terms such as ‘sunrise’, ‘sunset’ and ‘horizon’
- E3: creating a class model of the solar system and naming the sun and planets
- E4: making a collage to represent and display all the ways a material can be physically changed
- E5: presenting and sharing musical instruments, through dance and song, to show what is vibrating to make the sound
- E6: presenting findings of investigations using charts, read-alouds, slideshows or displays using everyday and scientific vocabulary
- E7: acknowledging and learning about First Nations Australians’ ways of sharing astronomical knowledge across generations through oral traditions that include cultural accounts, stories, song and dance (teaching context)
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
AC9S2I06 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 | AC9S2I06 — write and create texts to communicate observations, findings and ideas, using everyday and scientific vocabulary |
| Victoria | Victorian Curriculum F-10 | Year 2 Science: closest match in Communicating. Use this page as a VIC-aligned practice and worksheet reference. |
| NSW | NSW Curriculum | Stage 1 Science: closest content focus for And create texts to communicate observations, findings and ideas, using... and related outcomes. |
| United States | Common Core / NGSS | Grade 2 NGSS science closest topic match for And create texts to communicate observations, findings and ideas, using.... |
| England / UK | National Curriculum | Key Stage 1 / Year 2: closest programme-of-study match for And create texts to communicate observations, findings and ideas, using.... |
| 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 create texts to communicate observations, findings and ideas, using.... |
| India | NCERT / CBSE | Class 2 closest NCERT/CBSE topic match for And create texts to communicate observations, findings and ideas, using.... |