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ScienceScientific InquiryAges 9–11

Drawing conclusions from evidence (age 9+)

Your child can write up an experiment. They explain what caused what, and say how much they trust the results, thinking about repeats and possible mistakes.

In curriculum terms

Report and present findings including conclusions, causal relationships, explanations, and a degree of trust in results using oral and written forms

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Can your child write up or present their experiment results, explain what caused what, and discuss how confident they are in their findings?

Where this sits on the map

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Builds on
Classifying living thingsages 9–11Must record complex data before presenting findings with causal relationships and trust assessment
Writing opinionsages 5–7Scientific reporting with conclusions builds on writing composition/opinion skills
Basic Informational Writingages 6–11Presenting scientific findings with conclusions mirrors the structure of an informative/explanatory text with supporting facts taught in English
Planning Ideas Before Writingages 6–10Producing a well-organised science report depends on the planning and pre-writing strategies developed in English composition
Understanding Whyages 8–9Reporting causal relationships and a degree of trust in results requires the elaborative-interrogation habit of asking why things are true
Fair testingages 9–11Making predictions supports presenting findings with explanations
Drawing conclusions from evidence (age 9+)this skill · ages 9–11
Unlocks
Evidence Supporting Ideasages 9–11Must present own findings before evaluating strength of others' evidence
Drawing conclusions from evidenceages 12–13KS3 evaluation extends KS2 reporting of causal relationships and trust in results to formal error analysis

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Curriculum alignment

Where this fits in the official school curriculum — our best automated guess, not yet checked by a person.

Show candidate curriculum codes · 3 ACARA · 3 VIC

Australian Curriculum v9 candidate

AC9S6I05medium confidenceYear 6 · Science inquiry

compare methods and findings with those of others, recognise possible sources of error, pose questions for further investigation and select evidence to draw reasoned conclusions

AC9S5I05medium confidenceYear 5 · Science inquiry

compare methods and findings with those of others, recognise possible sources of error, pose questions for further investigation and select evidence to draw reasoned conclusions

AC9S3I05low confidenceYear 3 · Science inquiry

compare findings with those of others, consider if investigations were fair, identify questions for further investigation and draw conclusions

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only

VC2S6I05high confidenceScience · Levels 5 and 6 · Science Inquiry strand
VC2S4I01low confidenceScience · Levels 3 and 4 · Science Inquiry strand
VC2S4I05low confidenceScience · Levels 3 and 4 · Science Inquiry strand

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.

Nearby on the map

Accurate Measurementages 9–11 Classifying living thingsages 9–11 Controlling variablesages 9–11 Evidence Supporting Ideasages 9–11

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