Learning Map
ScienceScientific Inquiryusually ages 5–7

Recording Data

Gather and record data using simple methods such as tables, tally charts, and drawings to help answer questions

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Can your child collect information during an experiment — like counting, measuring, or drawing — and put it into a simple table or chart?

Where this sits on the map

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Builds on
Simple tests and experimentsages 5–7Must perform tests before learning to gather and record data
Recording Datathis skill · ages 5–7
Unlocks
Comparing Design Solutionsages 5–8Must gather/record data before analysing data from design tests
Classifying living thingsages 7–9Must gather data simply before presenting in charts and diagrams

solid = must come firstdashed = helps

Curriculum alignment

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

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

Australian Curriculum v9 candidate

AC9S2I03medium confidenceYear 2 · Science inquiry

make and record observations, including informal measurements, using digital tools as appropriate

AC9S1I03medium confidenceYear 1 · Science inquiry

make and record observations, including informal measurements, using digital tools as appropriate

AC9S3I03medium confidenceYear 3 · Science inquiry

follow procedures to make and record observations, including making formal measurements using familiar scaled instruments and using digital tools as appropriate

NSW syllabus codes & stages only

ST1-DAT-01medium confidenceScience and Technology K-6 · Stage 1
STE-PQU-01medium confidenceScience and Technology K-6 · Early Stage 1

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only

VC2S4I03medium confidenceScience · Levels 3 and 4 · Science Inquiry strand
VC2S2I03medium confidenceScience · Foundation to Level 2 · Science Inquiry strand
VC2S4I04medium 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

Asking scientific questionsages 5–8 Comparing Design Solutionsages 5–8 Modelling with Sketchesages 5–8 Observing with simple equipmentages 5–7

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