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ScienceEarth's Systemsusually ages 7–8

Where water is found on Earth

Identify where water is found on Earth and understand that water can exist as solid (ice) or liquid, recognising water in oceans, rivers, glaciers, and underground

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Can your child name the different places water is found on Earth — in oceans, rivers, ice caps, and even underground — and explain that ice is just frozen water?

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Builds on
Shapes of land and waterages 7–8Must know land and water features before learning where water is found on Earth
Heating & Cooling Changesages 7–9Understanding state changes supports knowing water as solid (ice) and liquid
Where water is found on Earththis skill · ages 7–8
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Earth's atmosphereages 10–11Must know water distribution before modelling hydrosphere interactions
Salt Water vs Fresh Waterages 10–11Must know where water is found before graphing salt water vs fresh water distribution
The Five Oceansages 7–9Five oceans builds on curriculum concept of where water is found on Earth
The Water Cycleages 7–9Water cycle benefits from knowing where water is found on Earth

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 VIC

Australian Curriculum v9 candidate

AC9S4U02medium confidenceYear 4 · Science understanding

identify sources of water and describe key processes in the water cycle, including movement of water through the sky, landscape and ocean; precipitation; evaporation; and condensation

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only

VC2S4U07medium confidenceScience · Levels 3 and 4 · 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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