Sun, Moon, and stars
Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe predictable patterns such as the sun rising and setting, the moon changing shape, and stars appearing at night
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Can your child describe patterns they've noticed in the sky — like the sun rising in the east, the moon changing shape over weeks, and stars coming out at night?
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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
recognise Earth is a planet in the solar system and identify patterns in the changing position of the sun, moon, planets and stars in the sky
pose questions to explore observed patterns and relationships and make predictions based on observations
describe daily and seasonal changes in the environment and explore how these changes affect everyday life
NSW syllabus codes & stages only
Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only
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.