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AC9S5U02

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Your child is learning to explain how rock and soil get worn away.

  • Define weathering (breaking down of rock in place) and erosion (movement of broken rock/soil)
  • Describe the effects of at least three agents of weathering/erosion: water, ice, wind, vegetation
Erosion and weathering →

One skill from the map, ages 9–10 — its page has the rest of the checklist and what comes next. Candidate alignment, machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1).

“describe how weathering, erosion, transportation and deposition cause slow or rapid change to Earth’s surface”
ScienceYear 5Science understanding strand

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).

12 other candidate matches — 1 medium, 11 low

medium confidence

Types of rocksEarth's Systemsages 9–11

low confidence

Tectonic PlatesVolcanoes & Earthquakesages 9–11 Rock layers and Earth's historyEarth's Systemsages 10–11 Earth & Space VocabularySpace Systems & Earth's Historyages 8–11 Sun-Driven Weather SystemsWeather & Climateages 9–11 Climate Change BasicsWeather & Climateages 9–11 Glaciers & Ice SheetsPolar Regionsages 9–11 Earth's atmosphereEarth's Systemsages 10–11 The Rock CycleVolcanoes & Earthquakesages 9–11 Air Resistance & FrictionForces & Motionages 9–10 Tides, Waves & CurrentsOcean Lifeages 7–9 The Water CycleWeather & Climateages 7–9

Alignments generated 9 July 2026, unreviewed.

Nearby in the Science understanding strand:
AC9S5U01AC9S5U03AC9S5U04

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