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Parents start here
By the end of Year 3: your child knows soil is not just dirt.
- State that soil is a mixture of broken-down rock particles and decomposed organic matter (humus)
- Compare at least two types of soil (sandy, clay, loam) and describe their different properties
One skill from the map, ages 7–8 — its page has the rest of the checklist and what comes next. Candidate alignment, machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1).
“compare the observable properties of soils, rocks and minerals and investigate why they are important Earth resources”
Official source: Australian Curriculum v9 — Science ↗ · Content © ACARA, CC BY 4.0 · unofficial reference — verify at the official site
Other skills on the Learning Map matched to this code — candidate alignments, machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1).
5 other candidate matches — 3 medium, 2 low
medium confidence
low confidence
Alignments generated 9 July 2026, unreviewed.
Nearby in the Science understanding strand:
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Teaching this? Learning Map for teachers has the sequencing view and copy-paste words to send home.