Strand: Physical Sciences
Energy and Change program content
An exciting senior Physical Sciences overview. Energy basics, sun, food, light, heat, sound, electricity, magnetism, gravity, mechanical, movement and stored energy and forces. Energy transfer and change.
Australian Curriculum
Year 4 – Forces can be exerted by one object on another through direct contact or from a distance.
Year 5 – Light from a source forms shadows and can be absorbed, reflected and refracted.
Year 6 – Energy from a variety of sources can be used to generate electricity.
Year 6 – Electrical circuits provide a means of transferring and transforming electricity
Year 7 – Change to an object’s motion is caused by unbalanced forces acting on the object.
Primary Science Understandings
- Yr 4 – Movement
- Yr 5 – Light
- Yr 6 – Energy
