SC5-7WS processes, analyses and evaluates data from first-hand investigations and secondary sources to develop evidence-based arguments and conclusions
SC5-9WS presents science ideas and evidence for a particular purpose and to a specific audience, using appropriate scientific language, conventions and representations
SC5-12ES describes changing ideas about the structure of the Earth and the universe to illustrate how models, theories and laws are refined over time by the scientific community
ES1 Scientific understanding, including models and theories, are contestable and are refined over time through a process of review by the scientific community.
- outline some of the major features contained in the universe, including galaxies, stars, solar systems and nebulae
- describe, using examples, some technological developments that have advanced scientific understanding about the universe
- use appropriate scales to describe differences in sizes of and distances between structures making up the universe
- use scientific evidence to outline how the Big Bang theory can be used to explain the origin of the universe and its age
- outline how scientific thinking about the origin of the universe is refined over time through a process of review by the scientific community
Extract from the K-10 Science syllabus, 2012, © NSW Education Standards Authority, NSW.