CURRICULUM RESOURCES

Curriculum units and their current state of alignment with the Australian Curriculum Science

Year	Biological sciences	Chemical sciences	Earth and space sciences	Physical sciences
Curriculum focus: Awareness of self and the local world
K (Early stage 1)	Staying alive Fully aligned to the Australian Curriculum	What's it made of? Fully aligned to the Australian Curriculum	Weather in my world Fully aligned to the Australian Curriculum	On the move Fully aligned to the Australian Curriculum
1 (Stage 1)	Schoolyard safari Fully aligned to the Australian Curriculum	Spot the difference Fully aligned to the Australian Curriculum	Up, down and all around Fully aligned to the Australian Curriculum	Look! Listen Fully aligned to the Australian Curriculum
2 (Stage 1)	Watch it grow! Fully aligned to the Australian Curriculum	All mixed up Fully aligned to the Australian Curriculum	Water works Fully aligned to the Australian Curriculum	Push-pull Fully aligned to the Australian Curriculum
Curriculum focus: Recognising questions that can be investigated scientifically and investigating them
3 (Stage 2)	Feathers, fur or leaves? Fully aligned to the Australian Curriculum	Melting moments Fully aligned to the Australian Curriculum	Night and day Coming soon	Heating up Coming soon
4 (Stage 2)	Plants in action Fully aligned to the Australian Curriculum	Material world Fully aligned to the Australian Curriculum Package it better Fully aligned to the Australian Curriculum	Beneath our feet Fully aligned to the Australian Curriculum	Smooth moves Fully aligned to the Australian Curriculum
4 (Stage 2)	Friends or foes? Coming soon		Beneath our feet Fully aligned to the Australian Curriculum	Smooth moves Fully aligned to the Australian Curriculum
5 (Stage 3)	Desert survivors Fully aligned to the Australian Curriculum	What's the matter? Fully aligned to the Australian Curriculum	Earth's place in space Fully aligned to the Australian Curriculum	Light shows Fully aligned to the Australian Curriculum
6 (Stage 3)	Marvellous micro-organisms Fully aligned to the Australian Curriculum	Change detectives Fully aligned to the Australian Curriculum	Earthquake explorers Fully aligned to the Australian Curriculum	It's electrifying Fully aligned to the Australian Curriculum
6 (Stage 3)				Essential Energy Fully aligned to the Australian Curriculum

Note: Shaded boxes indicate published PrimaryConnections units. Unshaded boxes indicate units in development.

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