The Science Framework
There are some students across all educational settings throughout New South Wales who may not meet Early Stage 1 outcomes as mandated in Board of Studies syllabus documents. These students include those enrolled in Schools for Specific Purposes (SSPs), support or specialist classes in mainstream settings or in mainstream classes. The Science Framework aims to provide learning opportunities for students to access curriculum material at levels appropriate to their ability whilst providing a scaffold to working towards meeting Early Stage 1 outcomes in the Science and technology Syllabus. As per Board of Studies requirements students do not need to be working toward all indicators. Teachers need to use professional judgement to assess students’ ability and determine which indicators are appropriate.
The Science Framework is an interactive document that provides teachers with specific activities, resources and assessment tools to assist them to successfully engage all students, irrespective of ability, in quality and equitable learning experiences in Science and Technology.
4WS1A: Using their senses to explore familiar objects and events in natural and made environments
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4WS3A: Participates in lessons relating to the natural and made environments and are provided with opportunities to demonstrate what they know
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4WS8A: Using a range of methods to share observations and ideas such as eye gaze, vocalisations, gesture, body language and communication systems
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4WS9A: Demonstrates a like or dislike for an event
4WS9B: Matches to sample expected activities within a familiar event
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5WT1.1A: Interacts with familiar products
5WT1.1B: Match to sample products
5WT1.1C: Match to sample products and their uses
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5WT1.2A: Interacts with familiar places/spaces
5WT1.2B: Match to sample places/spaces
5WT1.2C: Match to sample places/spaces and their uses
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5WT2.1A: Interacts with a range of familiar products
5WT2.1B: Indicates likes and dislikes for familiar products
5WT2.1C: Indicates a preference for a familiar product
5WT2.2A: Interacts with a range of familiar places/spaces
5WT2.2B: Indicates likes and dislikes and shows a preference for familiar places/spaces
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5WT5A: Draws on a surface
5WT5B: Interacts with a product
5WT5C: Model ideas and constructs solutions around a product through trial and error
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5WT6A: Safely using common classroom equipment, resources and techniques to shape and join familiar materials
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5WT9A: Observes a video of the process to reach a final solution
5WT9B: Discriminates between parts needed to reach a final solution
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6NE1A: Observes the way a variety of familiar objects move, eg sliding, rolling, spinning and bouncing on the ground
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7NE1.1A: Reacts/responds to a hot/cold stimulus
7NE1.1B: Discriminates between objects that are hot and cold
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7NE1.2A: Responds to darkness
7NE1.2B: Responds to a visual representation of day/night
7NE1.2C: Discriminates between visual representations of day/night
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7NE1.3A: Responds to a visual representation of summer/autumn/winter/spring
7NE1.3B: Discriminates between a visual representation of summer/autumn/winter/spring
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7NE2.1A: Responds to visual representations of plants or real plants
7NE2.1B: Discriminates between representations of plants, either real or visual and non-plants
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7NE2.2A: Responds to visual representations of animals
7NE2.2B: Discriminates between visual representations of animals and non-animals
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9ME1A: Observe, using their senses, a range of materials used to make specific objects products, places and spaces
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10ME1.1A: Explore using their senses a range of existing products
10ME1.1B: Indicates likes and dislikes for familiar products
10ME1.1C: Indicates a preference for familiar products
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10ME1.2A: Explores using their senses a range of places and spaces
10ME1.2B: Indicates likes and dislikes for familiar places and spaces
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10ME2A: Responds to a range of materials that are used in existing familiar products
10ME2B: Interacts with a range of materials that are used in existing familiar places and spaces
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10ME3A: Explores familiar products and the usefulness of the features
10ME3B: Identifies useful features of familiar products
10ME3C: Indicates that products as features make familiar places and spaces useful
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10ME4A: Produce a familiar product, place or space from a model
10ME4B: Identifies the purpose of a familiar product, place or space
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