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ScienceEarth's Systemsusually ages 7–9

Evaporation and condensation

Name and use vocabulary for the water cycle — evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection, transpiration, water vapour, runoff, groundwater — and describe each stage of the cycle using these terms in the correct sequence

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Can your child explain where the puddle goes after it stops raining — using words like 'evaporation' or 'water vapour' rather than just 'it dries up'?

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Evaporation and condensationthis skill · ages 7–9
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Seasonal changes (age 8+)ages 8–9Representing seasonal weather data draws on precipitation and evaporation vocabulary
Weather vs climateages 8–9Distinguishing weather from climate and describing regional climates draws on water cycle vocabulary
Earth's atmosphereages 10–11Modelling Earth systems interactions draws on water cycle vocabulary for the hydrosphere component

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Curriculum alignment

Candidate matches to official curriculum codes — machine-suggested, unreviewed (v0.1).

Show candidate curriculum codes · 1 ACARA · 1 VIC

Australian Curriculum v9 candidate

AC9S4U02high confidenceYear 4 · Science understanding

identify sources of water and describe key processes in the water cycle, including movement of water through the sky, landscape and ocean; precipitation; evaporation; and condensation

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only

VC2S4U07medium confidenceScience · Levels 3 and 4 · Science Understanding 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.

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