Science Weather & Climateusually ages 9–10

Natural resources

Obtain and combine information to describe that energy and fuels are derived from natural resources and that their uses affect the environment

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Name natural resources used for energy and fuels (coal, oil, gas, wind, sun, water)
Describe how extracting and using these resources affects the environment (pollution, habitat loss, climate change)
Distinguish between renewable (wind, solar) and non-renewable (fossil fuels) energy sources

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Can your child explain where petrol, electricity, and gas come from — that they come from natural resources like oil, coal, wind, or sunlight — and how using them affects the environment?

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Builds on

Human impact on environmentsages 8–11Describing how energy and fuels affect the environment requires 'renewable', 'non-renewable', and 'fossil fuel' vocabulary

How energy travels aroundages 9–10Must understand energy transfer before learning about natural resources as energy sources

Changing Environmentsages 8–9Environmental change knowledge supports understanding how resource use affects environment

Natural resourcesthis skill · ages 9–10

Unlocks

Communities Protecting Resourcesages 10–11Must understand energy resources and environmental impact before learning about community protection efforts

Climate Change Basicsages 9–11Climate change connects to curriculum energy/fuels and environmental impact

solid = must come firstdashed = helps

Curriculum alignment

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

Show candidate curriculum codes · 1 ACARA · 2 NSW · 3 VIC

Australian Curriculum v9 candidate

AC9S3U02medium confidenceYear 3 · Science understanding

compare the observable properties of soils, rocks and minerals and investigate why they are important Earth resources

NSW syllabus codes & stages only

ST2-SCI-01medium confidenceScience and Technology K-6 · Stage 2

ST2-DAT-01low confidenceScience and Technology K-6 · Stage 2

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only

VC2S4U06low confidenceScience · Levels 3 and 4 · Science Understanding strand

VC2S4U07low confidenceScience · Levels 3 and 4 · Science Understanding strand

VC2S6U01low 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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