Year 5 – Biological
Science
Humanities & Social Sciences:
This program of work can achieve the goals of the
Humanities curriculum. When students are
interpreting data and justifying their conclusions,
they are achieving the following content
descriptors:
Translate collected information and/or data to a
variety of different formats (e.g. create a timeline,
draw maps, convert a table of statistics into a
graph).
(WAHASS58)
Draw and justify conclusions, and give explanations,
based on the information and/or data in texts,
tables, graphs and maps (e.g. identify patterns,
infer relationships)
animal to the class. Students are able to incorporate
(WAHASS59)
Specific Link to FPD:
Explore – Students interpret results from
experiment
Elaborate – Adaptations (justify validity of results)
Living things have structural features and
adaptations that help them to survive in their
environment (ACSSU043).
The Arts: (Media)
Media Arts is an understated part of this program
of work. When students are using ICT tools to
present their ideas, they are able to achieve the
following content descriptor:
Exploration and experimentation with the codes
and conventions of media when producing media
work. (ACAMAM063)
Specific Link to FPD:
Evaluate – The use of iMovie to present their
technical (sequencing, camera shots), symbolic
(costumes, props) and audio (music type, volume)
codes and conventions into their movie.
Mathematics:
There are multiple aspects of this program of
work that tie in to the Mathematics Curriculum.
When students are recording or graphing data,
they are achieving the following content
descriptors:
Pose questions and collect categorical or
numerical data by observation or survey
(ACMSP118)
Construct displays, including column graphs, dot
plots and tables, appropriate for data type, with
and without the use of digital technologies
(ACMSP119).
Specific Link to FPD:
Explore – Blubber Me (timing & graphing results)
Elaborate – Adaptations (temperature, graphing
results)