Changing Shapes of Solids
Investigate how the shapes of solid objects can be changed by squashing, bending, twisting, and stretching
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Can your child show you how to change the shape of clay by squashing it, twist a pipe cleaner, and explain that some materials bend while others snap?
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Curriculum alignment
Candidate matches to official curriculum codes — machine-suggested, unreviewed (v0.1).
Show candidate curriculum codes · 3 ACARA · 1 NSW · 3 VIC
Australian Curriculum v9 candidate
recognise that materials can be changed physically without changing their material composition and explore the effect of different actions on materials including bending, twisting, stretching and breaking into smaller pieces
describe how objects move and how factors including their size, shape or material influence their movement
investigate the observable properties of solids and liquids and how adding or removing heat energy leads to a change of state
NSW syllabus codes & stages only
Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only
These are candidate alignments generated by semantic matching — machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1), not official or verified mappings. For official curriculum content see australiancurriculum.edu.au, curriculum.nsw.edu.au and f10.vcaa.vic.edu.au. Don’t rely on them for registration or compliance purposes.