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ScienceMatter & Materialsusually ages 7–8

Taking Apart & Rebuilding

Observe that an object made of a small set of pieces can be disassembled and made into a new object, understanding that the pieces still exist

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If your child builds a tower with building bricks and then takes it apart to build a car, can they explain that the same bricks are used but arranged differently?

Where this sits on the map

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Builds on
Objects vs Materialsages 5–6Must understand objects vs materials before reasoning about reassembling pieces
Taking Apart & Rebuildingthis skill · ages 7–8
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solid = must come firstdashed = helps

Curriculum alignment

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

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

Australian Curriculum v9 candidate

AC9S2U03medium 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-01low confidenceScience and Technology K-6 · Stage 1

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only

VC2S2U06medium confidenceScience · Foundation to Level 2 · Science Understanding strand
VC2S2U05low confidenceScience · Foundation to Level 2 · Science Understanding strand
VC2S2U04low confidenceScience · Foundation to Level 2 · 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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