Primary+Connections

March 2011** Space Science**  ||  ** Physical sciences **  || || //*//[| Weather in my world] //Early stage 1// || //* [|On the move]Early stage 1// || ]]////Stage 1// || Up, down and all around || //* [|Sounds sensational]Stage 1// || || Runny or not || //* [|Spinning in space]Stage 2// || Heat || Stage 2// //* [|Package it better] Stage 3// || Buried in time || //[|Smooth moves]Stage 2// || || Stage 3// Essential Energy ||
 * Unit map -** Primary**Connections, PC Stages and Australian Curriculum Year levels,
 * **Year** ||  **Biological sciences**   ||   **Chemical sciences**   ||   **Earth and
 * Curriculum focus: Awareness of self and the local world ||
 * K || //[|Staying alive][[image:http://www.science.org.au/primaryconnections/curriculum-resources/images/ip-logo.gif width="12" height="12" align="top"]]Early stage 1// || //[|What's it made of?] [[image:http://www.science.org.au/primaryconnections/curriculum-resources/images/ip-logo.gif width="12" height="12" align="top"]]Early stage 1//
 * 1 || //[|Schoolyard safari][[image:http://www.science.org.au/primaryconnections/curriculum-resources/images/ip-logo.gif width="12" height="12" align="top"]]Stage 1// || //[[http://www.science.org.au/primaryconnections/curriculum-resources/spot-the-difference.html|Spot the difference
 * 2 || Growing and changing[[image:http://www.science.org.au/primaryconnections/curriculum-resources/images/ip-logo.gif width="12" height="12" align="top" caption="l"]] || All mixed up || //[|Water works] [[image:http://www.science.org.au/primaryconnections/curriculum-resources/images/ip-logo.gif width="12" height="12" align="top"]]Stage 1// || //* [|Push-pull][[image:http://www.science.org.au/primaryconnections/curriculum-resources/images/ip-logo.gif width="12" height="12" align="top"]]Stage 1// ||
 * Curriculum focus: Recognising questions that can be investigated scientifically and investigating them ||
 * 3 || Feathers, fur or [[image:http://www.science.org.au/primaryconnections/curriculum-resources/images/ip-logo.gif width="12" height="12" align="top"]]
 * 4 || //*[| Plants in action][[image:http://www.science.org.au/primaryconnections/curriculum-resources/images/ip-logo.gif width="12" height="12" align="top"]]Stage 2// || //* [|Material world]
 * 5 || Adaptations || Solids, liquids and gases || Earths place in Space[[image:http://www.science.org.au/primaryconnections/curriculum-resources/images/ip-logo.gif width="12" height="12" align="top"]] || //* [|Light fantastic] Stage 2//
 * 6 || //[|Marvellous micro-organisms][[image:http://www.science.org.au/primaryconnections/curriculum-resources/images/ip-logo.gif width="12" height="12" align="top"]]Stage 3// || //[|Change][|detectives][[image:http://www.science.org.au/primaryconnections/curriculum-resources/images/ip-logo.gif width="12" height="12" align="top"]]Stage 3// || //[|Earthquake explorers] [[image:http://www.science.org.au/primaryconnections/curriculum-resources/images/ip-logo.gif width="12" height="12" align="top"]]Stage 3// || //[|It's electrifying]


 * Primary**Connections** stages 2005 - 2011 **Early stage 1:** Kinder/Prep - Year 1, **Stage 1:** Year 2 - 3, **Stage 2:** Year 4 - 5, **Stage 3:** Year 6- 7
 * Note:** Shaded boxes indicate published Primary**Connections** units. Units with * will need some modification to align with the Australian Curriculum Science understanding (SU). Unshaded boxes indicate units in trial process. See Primary**Connections** website for more details. ||

The //Australian Curriculum: Science// was released by the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) on December 8 2010. Primary**Connections** is aligned with the rationale and aims of the //Australian Curriculum: Science//. It supports its national implementation by providing an innovative, inquiry-based program linking the teaching of science with literacy. The //Australian Curriculum: Science// is organised around three interrelated strands: Together, these strands ’provide students with understanding, knowledge and skills through which they can develop a scientific view of the world’. (//Australian Curriculum: Science//, ACARA, 8 December 2010) Primary**Connections** resources are modular in format and support science teaching across the primary school. Development of the units is guided by the [|Primary**Connections** 5Es teaching and learning model] and supported by resources for both students and teachers. A unit planner and supporting documentation has been developed to allow teachers the flexibility to develop and customise their own units. Each unit contains:
 * Curriculum resource**
 * Science Understanding (SU)
 * Science as a Human Endeavour (SHE)
 * Science Inquiry Skills (SIS)
 * a unit overview;
 * unit outcomes;
 * lessons with step-by-step instructions, lesson overview, and science and literacy outcomes;
 * equipment requirements;
 * planning information with links to additional resources;
 * embedded and authentic assessment tasks;
 * relevant literacy focuses;
 * opportunities to extend the students' learning;
 * science background information;
 * student resource sheets (including stimulus material and questions to scaffold student activities);
 * accompanying resources available on the Primary**Connections** website.