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Science and Technology is one Key Learning Area of the NSW primary curriculum. Learning outcomes correspond to three overlapping stages of primary schooling:

Stage 1 (K-2) Stage 2 (2-4) Stage 3 (4-6)

The learning outcomes are organised around the following six content strands. It is out of these that a sequence of sample integrated units is suggested as a means of fulfilling syllabus requirements.

Content Strand
 Concerned with...
Built Environments
  • buildings and spaces in and around.
  • natural environments that have been modified.
  • transport systems.
  • people and organisations that change environments.
  • effects of change.
  • services.
  • aesthetic and functional qualities.
  • systems used to control conditions.
  • construction methods.
  • characteristics of processed materials.
Information
and Communication
  • nature of communications.
  • methods of communicating.
  • systems of information storage and transfer.
  • people and organisations involved.
  • media
  • technological change.
Living Things
  • similarities and differences.
  • interaction bewtween living things.
  • processes that occur.
  • adapting to the environment.
  • the complex system of the human body.
  • manipulating living things to satisfy our needs.
  • change over a lifetime.
  • change over a longer period.
  • effects of technology on the natural environment.
  • the good and bad of technology on living things.
  • the environment meets the needs of living things.
Physical Phenomena
  • relationships between time, space and movement.
  • physical phenomena meeting our needs.
  • forces and their effects.
  • sources of energy.
  • characteristics of light
  • characteristics of sound
  • characteristics of heat.
  • characteristics of electricity.
  • characteristics of magnetism.
  • availability of energy resources and the use made of them.
  • electrical circuits and their uses.
  • systems that exist and the environmental cost of energy.
Products
and Services
  • processes used to produce goods, commodities and services.
  • the products made.
  • organisations developed to make products.
  • means of delivery and distribution.
  • systems that provide services eg education.
  • effects of products and services on people and organisations.
  • materials and resources used in production.
  • management, disposal and recycling of materials and resources.
  • marketing of products.
  • how characteristics of naturally occurring materials affect their use.
  • change in production technologies over time.
  • how materials are shaped, joined, formed and finished.
  • environmental consequences of production and consumption.
Earth
and its
Surroundings
  • the solar system and the stars.
  • the physical environment.
  • natural changes that occur such as soil erosion and climate changes.
  • the passing of time.
  • characteristics of naturally occurring materials.
  • methods people use to obtain and process materials limits to available resources.
  • renewable resources.

 

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