Year 6 Science
In the Australian Year 6 Science curriculum, students explore physical and chemical science, grasp Earth's dynamic nature, and see the vital links between Earth's systems changes and living organisms' well-being. This curriculum encourages critical thinking and an understanding of the interconnectedness of the natural world.
What you'll learn
- 1
Living things and their environment
- 2
The growth and survival of living things
- 3
Changes in matter
- 4
Natural hazards
- 5
Space science
- 6
Resources
- 7
Energy
- 8
Electricity and circuits
- 9
Motion, forces, and interaction
Skills you'll learn
Description and prediction - Effect of environmental changes on living things
Analytical thinking - Conditions necessary for the growth of plant, observing growth of fungi
Real-life applications - Understanding various types of changes, observing the effect of heating and cooling on various states of matter
Analysing and critical thinking - Causes of natural hazards, effects of natural hazards
Observation and critical thinking - Identifying planets of the solar system, arrangement of planets in the solar system, characteristics of each planet
Application and decision making - Types of resources, management of sustainable resources
Real-life applications - Identifying sources of energy, types of energy, and uses of energy
Critical analysis - Electricity, circuits, switches, conductors, measuring electricity
Critical analysis and problem solving - Acceleration, momentum, types of motion, speed, and velocity, types of forces, Newton's laws of motion
