Assessment pointers validate teachers’ professional judgement when reporting against a

five-point scale. The pointers:

 are examples of evidence in relation to the achievement standard
 should be used with the annotated student work samples
JUDGING STANDARDS IN YEAR 2  exemplify what students may demonstrate rather than a checklist of everything they
SCIENCE should do.

YEAR 2 SCIENCE ACHIEVEMENT STANDARD

Science Understanding
At Standard, students describe changes to materials and living things, and how a push or a pull affects an object’s behaviour. They identify that certain materials and resources
have different uses.
Science as a Human Endeavour
Students describe examples of where science is used in people’s daily lives.
Science Inquiry Skills
Students pose and respond to questions about their experiences and predict outcomes of investigations. They use informal measurements to make and compare observations.
Students record and represent observations and communicate ideas in a variety of ways.

YEAR 2 SCIENCE ASSESSMENT POINTERS

A B C D E
The student demonstrates The student demonstrates The student demonstrates The student demonstrates The student demonstrates
excellent achievement of what high achievement of what satisfactory achievement of what limited achievement of what very low achievement of what
is expected for this year level. is expected for this year level. is expected for this year level. is expected for this year level. is expected for this year level.

Science Understanding

Biological sciences Describes and compares the
growth and change of a number
of living things through stages of
their life, identifying similarities
and differences between parent
and offspring and recognising
common elements within life
cycles (ACSSU030).
Describes how living things grow
and change through different
stages of their life, identifying
some similarities between
parent and offspring.
Describes how living things grow Describes with limited Does not meet the requirements
and change through different understanding how living things of a D grade.
stages of their life. grow and change through
different stages of their life.

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The student demonstrates
excellent achievement of what
is expected for this year level.
Chemical sciences Identifies that different
materials have different uses,
describes their properties and
explains how the purpose of
materials can change when they
are combined (ACSSU031).
Earth and space sciences Identifies a range of resources,
describes a variety of ways they
can be used and reused, and
how this affects other living
things (ACSSU032).
Physical sciences Explains the effect of combined
forces on an object’s behaviour
or shape (ACSSU033).
Science as a Human Uses examples from Science
Endeavour (nature & Understanding to show how
science and scientific events
development, use & impact on people’s daily
influence of science) lives - living things, materials,
resources, forces (ACSHE035)
(ACSHE034)
Science Inquiry Skills Poses specific and relevant
(nature & development of questions and responds to
questions making detailed
science, questioning & predictions about objects and
predicting, planning & events (ACSIS037) (ACSIS038)
conducting evaluating) (ACSIS039)
The student demonstrates
high achievement of what
is expected for this year level.
Identifies that different
materials have different uses
and explains how the purpose of
materials can change when they
are combined.
Identifies a resource and ways in
which it can be used, and how
the use may affect their daily
life.
Explains that different forces
affect an object’s behaviour or
shape in different ways.
Science as a Human Endeavour
Uses examples from Science
Understanding to show where
science is used in people’s daily
lives - living things, materials,
resources, forces.
Science Inquiry Skills
Poses relevant questions,
responds to questions and
makes predictions about objects
and events.
C D
The student demonstrates
satisfactory achievement of what
is expected for this year level.
Identifies that different
materials have different uses
and describes how the purpose
of materials can change when
they are combined.
Identifies a resource, and ways
in which it can be used.
Describes how a force affects an
object’s behaviour or shape.
Uses simple personal examples
from Science Understanding to
show where science is used in
their daily lives - living things,
materials, resources, forces.
Poses relevant questions,
responds to questions and
makes simple predictions about
familiar objects and events.
The student demonstrates
limited achievement of what
is expected for this year level.
Identifies different materials and
some of their uses.
Identifies a resource and lists
some simple ways it can be
used.
Identifies that an object’s
behaviour or shape has
changed.
Requires guidance to use simple
personal examples from Science
Understanding to show where
science is used in people’s daily
lives - living things, materials,
resources, forces.
Requires guidance to pose and
respond to questions and to
make predictions.
E
The student demonstrates
very low achievement of what
is expected for this year level.
Does not meet the requirements
of a D grade.
Does not meet the requirements
of a D grade.
Does not meet the requirements
of a D grade.
Does not meet the requirements
of a D grade.
Does not meet the requirements
of a D grade.
 A B C D E
The student demonstrates The student demonstrates The student demonstrates The student demonstrates The student demonstrates
excellent achievement of what high achievement of what satisfactory achievement of what limited achievement of what very low achievement of what
is expected for this year level. is expected for this year level. is expected for this year level. is expected for this year level. is expected for this year level.

Science Inquiry Skills

Science Inquiry Skills
(processing & analysing
data& information,
evaluating,
communicating)
Records observations using
informal measurements,
represents, describes and
communicates detailed
observations in a variety of
ways, relating these to their
predictions (ACSIS040)
(ACSIS041)(ACSIS042)
Records observations using
informal measurements,
represents and describes
observations and communicates
their ideas in a variety of ways.
Records observations using Records and communicates Does not meet the requirements
informal measurements, simple observations. of a D grade.
represents observations and
communicates their ideas in a
variety of ways.

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