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ScienceScientific InquiryAges 7–9

Drawing conclusions from evidence

Your child can finish an experiment and explain what they found. They say what it means, what they would expect next time, and how to make the test better.

In curriculum terms

Report on findings from enquiries using oral and written explanations, draw simple conclusions, make predictions, and suggest improvements

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After finishing an experiment, can your child explain what they found out, what it means, what they'd predict for next time, and how they could improve the test?

Where this sits on the map

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Builds on
Classifying living thingsages 7–9Must present data before reporting conclusions and making predictions
Fair testingages 7–9Must conduct fair tests before reporting on findings from enquiries
Building Writing Staminaages 6–7Reporting science findings orally and in writing draws on the non-fiction writing skills (recounts, explanations) established in English
Teaching It Backages 7–8Reporting scientific findings in your own words draws directly on the universal self-explanation habit
Drawing conclusions from evidencethis skill · ages 7–9
Unlocks
Using evidence to answer questionsages 7–9Must draw conclusions before identifying patterns and using evidence to support findings
Fair testingages 9–11Must draw conclusions and make predictions before using results to set up further tests

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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 · 2 NSW · 3 VIC

Australian Curriculum v9 candidate

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

AC9S3I05medium confidenceYear 3 · Science inquiry

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

AC9S4H01low confidenceYear 4 · Science as a human endeavour

examine how people use data to develop scientific explanations

NSW syllabus codes & stages only

ST1-DAT-01low confidenceScience and Technology K-6 · Stage 1
ST1-PQU-01low confidenceScience and Technology K-6 · Stage 1

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only

VC2S6I05high confidenceScience · Levels 5 and 6 · Science Inquiry strand
VC2S4I01medium confidenceScience · Levels 3 and 4 · Science Inquiry strand
VC2S4I05medium 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

Classifying living thingsages 7–9 Could there be another explanation?ages 7–9 Fair testingages 7–9 Measuring accuratelyages 7–9

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