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ScienceMatter & Materialsusually ages 7–9

Heating & Cooling Changes

Observe and describe that some materials change state when heated or cooled, and measure the temperature at which changes occur in degrees Celsius

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Can your child explain what happens to an ice cube when you heat it, and at what temperature water freezes and boils?

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Builds on
States of Matter Vocabularyages 5–7Describing and measuring changes of state requires solid/liquid/gas vocabulary and the term 'change of state'
Drawing Particle Diagramsages 7–11Observing and describing change of state requires reading particle diagrams showing how arrangement changes on heating or cooling
Heating & Cooling Changesthis skill · ages 7–9
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Evaporation & the Water Cycleages 8–9Must understand state changes before learning about evaporation/condensation in water cycle
Solids, Liquids & Gasesages 8–9Must classify states of matter before understanding changes between states
Reversible Changesages 9–10Must understand state changes before categorising them as reversible
Matter Is Made of Particlesages 10–11Must observe state changes before explaining them with particle model
How Materials Change Stateages 11–12KS3 heating/cooling curves and particle-level explanation extends KS2 observation that materials change state at specific temperatures
The Water Cycleages 7–9Water cycle benefits from curriculum states of matter (heating/cooling changes state)

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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

AC9S3U04high confidenceYear 3 · Science understanding

investigate the observable properties of solids and liquids and how adding or removing heat energy leads to a change of state

AC9S3U03medium confidenceYear 3 · Science understanding

identify sources of heat energy and examine how temperature changes when heat energy is transferred from one object to another

AC9S2U03low confidenceYear 2 · Science understanding

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

NSW syllabus codes & stages only

ST1-SCI-01medium confidenceScience and Technology K-6 · Stage 1

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only

VC2S4U04high confidenceScience · Levels 3 and 4 · Science Understanding strand
VC2S4U09medium confidenceScience · Levels 3 and 4 · Science Understanding strand
VC2S6U03low confidenceScience · Levels 5 and 6 · 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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Changes & Separation Vocabularyages 7–9 Classifying Materialsages 7–8 Drawing Particle Diagramsages 7–11 Taking Apart & Rebuildingages 7–8

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