Learning across the curriculum
Learning across the curriculum includes both general capabilities and cross-curriculum priorities to be incorporated into your programming of science in Stages 4 and 5.
General capabilities – literacy
Resources and professional learning to support the successful integration of literacy into science programming can be accessed through the Literacy and Numeracy Learning Progressions.
Body systems (DOC 52KB) (SC4-15LW4c)
Teaching idea - read and evaluate information on scientific research into energy drinks.
Literacy cluster 14 - comprehension
Body systems (PDF 225 KB) (SC4-14LW3e)
Teaching idea - engage with the content of an article and use technical vocabulary to reconstruct a text.
Literacy clusters 13 and 14 - reading texts
Mixtures (PDF 425 KB) (SC4-17CW3d, e)
Teaching idea - use a visual text on water recycling to challenge ideas and thoughts.
Literacy cluster 13 - comprehension
Cells (PDF 335 KB) (SC4-14LW2a, b)
Teaching idea - use visual organisers to comprehend factual text.
Literacy cluster 13 - comprehension
Teaching literacy in science in Year 7 (PDF 821 KB)
Units, models, annotations and scaffolds to assist the teaching of literacy skills in science.
General capabilities – numeracy
Resources and professional learning to support the successful integration of numeracy into science programming can be accessed through the Literacy and Numeracy Learning Progressions.
For further information about learning across the curriculum visit NESA