Bound for Success Scope and Sequence Statements

SCIENCEEarth and BeyondConcept In Year 1the student:In Year 2the student:In Year 3the student:In Year 4the student:In Year 5the student:In Year 6the student:In Year 7the student:In Year 8the student:In Year 9the student:environment (e.g. wearingsunglasses and sunscreen;some sports not played inthe middle of summer)• Recognises that theenvironment can bechanged by people (e.g.land-clearing, building).describes how they arehelping to do this at homeand at school. SSevaporation andprecipitation – rainfall)and makes connectionsbetween processes ofchange and changes to theenvironment including thelowering of the water tabledue to salinity and thedrying up of a lake orwetlands.processes such as mining andland clearing.interaction with theenvironment including theeffects of certain emissionson the atmosphere (theGreenhouse effect). Knowsthe effect of land clearing onthe water table and how thisresults in land salinityincluding its effects onfarming.• Knows that changes to theEarth occur over differenttime scales and usesgeological evidence tointerpret past events.• Knows that water isneeded for drinking,washing, cleaning and forthe garden and that itshould not be wasted.• Knows the need to care forthe environment. SS• Knows the importance ofconserving water and otherways of caring for theenvironment. SS• Identifies and describesmethods that humans useto prevent the effects oferosion including plantingson dunes and river banksand bringing in rocks toprotect the seashore.• Knows the relationshipbetween the seasons andwater use and the need tobe constantly ‘water-wise.• Knows that pollution islargely caused by the useof some of the Earth’sresources (coal and oil)and the effect this ishaving on the naturalenvironment.• Knows that manypollutants come from carexhausts and knows thatthey can play a part inminimising this effect bywalking, taking the busand riding their bike.• Knows the need to recyclerenewable and nonrenewableresources andproducts made from them.• Knows that differentgardens require differentamounts of water andrecognises different waysto save water in gardens(including mulching, useof water-holding soils anddrought-resistant plants).• Identifies man’s negativeimpact on the environmentand understands humanresponsibility towardsenvironmentalmanagement.• Knows the finiteness offossil fuels and the need todevelop alternative energysources. Knows the needfor the wise use ofresources and theimportance of recycling.Examines and describesways of reducing resourceuse in the community.Earth and Space• Knows that the sun canonly be seen during theday.• Associates the moon with‘night time’ and knowsthat sometimes they cansee the moon during theday [the moon is onlythere at night ∗ ]• Knows that the sun‘appears to’ rise in themorning, move in a setpattern across the sky andset in the evening.• Recognises that the moondoes not always appear tobe the same shape and thatsometimes the moon can’tbe seen at all (e.g. says“last week the moon wasjust a little piece of a circleand this week it is a halfcircle”).• Knows that the seasonsvary in different ways (e.g.length of daylight) and thatseason are related to thechanging position of theearth in relation to the sun.• Identifies a basic pattern tothe sun’s movement (e.g.says “the sun is overheadin the middle of the dayand it comes up in themorning and goes down atnight”) and that features ofthe day and night skychange.• Explains using a model,that our sun is the centre ofour solar system and thatthe Earth moves around itevery year.• Knows that the moon doesnot support life and it isvery different from theEarth and that we knowthese things as a result oftelescopes and spacetravel.• Understands that the moonand stars are still in the skyduring the day but aremore difficult to see whenthe sky isn’t dark and thatsometimes we can see themoon during the daybecause its’ close to theEarth.• Knows that the moon doesnot ‘shine’ like the sun butmerely reflects the sun’slight ∗ .• Recognises the importanceof the sun for life on Earth.• Knows the features of themoon and compares it tothe Earth in explainingwhy nothing can live there.• Understands that theEarth’s revolving aroundthe sun once every yearresults in the differentseasons.• Uses models to understandthat the Earth rotates (onits axis) as it revolvesaround the sun and thatthis results in night andday.• Knows that planets do notshine but reflect the sun’slight and uses a telescopeto observe some of thesefeatures.• Knows that all planetsrevolve around the sun andthe times they take to dothis vary.• Knows that the Earth’sorbit of the sun is close tospherical.• Examines the relationshipbetween the Earth, moonand sun, using models tounderstand the orbits withrelations to each other andexploring the effectsobservable from the Earth,(ie knows that as the Earthrevolves around the sun,the moon revolves aroundthe Earth, the Earth’srotation causes night andday, the Earth’s tilt causesthe seasons [ ∗ the Earth’sorbit of the sun is ellipticalresulting in summer whenit is closer to the sun] andcan explain why it is hotterin summer usingappropriate reasoning).• Understands how themovement of the sun andmoon affect the earth - thetilt of the earth causesseasons and the mooncauses tidal changes; thesolar and lunar eclipse andlights of the Aurora.• Knows the history ofman’s journeys to themoon and the resultingdiscoveries.∗ identifies common misconceptions in ScienceBound for Success Scope and Sequence Statements V2 Page 51 Working Document Semester One 2007