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VC2S6U07

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By the end of Levels 5 and 6: your child knows the sun does not really move across the sky.

  • Explain that the Earth rotates (spins) on its axis once every 24 hours
  • Describe how this rotation causes day (facing the sun) and night (facing away)
Earth's rotation and day/night →

One skill from the map, ages 9–11 — its page has the rest of the checklist and what comes next. Candidate alignment, machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1).

ScienceLevels 5 and 6Science Understanding strandEarth and space sciences

A Victorian Curriculum F–10 Version 2.0 content description in Science, Levels 5 and 6. The description text is © VCAA and not reproduced here — read the official wording at the VCAA site.

Official source: Victorian Curriculum F–10 V2.0 — Science ↗ · content © VCAA (CC-BY-NC) · codes shown as reference labels only

Closest Australian Curriculum v9 codes

The national codes this Victorian code most closely corresponds to — machine-suggested candidates, unreviewed (v0.1).

AC9S6U02high confidenceScience · Year 6 · Science understanding

describe the movement of Earth and other planets relative to the sun and model how Earth’s tilt, rotation on its axis and revolution around the sun relate to cyclic observable phenomena, including variable day and night length

Other skills on the Learning Map matched to this code — candidate alignments, machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1).

high confidence1 skill

Earth's Spin & OrbitSpace Explorationages 7–9
13 other candidate matches — 4 medium, 9 low

medium confidence

Gravity Pulls Things DownSpace Explorationages 9–11 The solar systemSpace Systems & Earth's Historyages 9–10 Earth & Space VocabularySpace Systems & Earth's Historyages 8–11 Why We Have SeasonsSpace Systems & Earth's Historyages 11–12

low confidence

Sun-Driven Weather SystemsWeather & Climateages 9–11 ShadowsSpace Systems & Earth's Historyages 10–11 The solar system (age 11+)Space Systems & Earth's Historyages 11–12 The Sun is a starSpace Explorationages 7–9 The Moon's OrbitSpace Explorationages 7–9 Finding ExoplanetsSpace Explorationages 11–13 Changing Ideas About SpaceSpace Explorationages 9–11 Scale of the Solar SystemSpace Explorationages 9–11 Global Wind PatternsWeather & Climateages 11–13

Alignments generated 9 July 2026, unreviewed.

Nearby in the Science Understanding strand (Levels 5 and 6):
VC2S6U01VC2S6U02VC2S6U03VC2S6U04VC2S6U05VC2S6U06VC2S6U08VC2S6U09

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