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Science · Year 6 road map

Western Australian Curriculum · 40 weeks · 8 chapters

🔒 Science lessons for Year 6 are not open yet. This page shows the plan for the year.

How we check learning

📝Quiz after every lesson
🔁Review quiz every week
🏁Test after every chapter
🏆Term and year tests

🔎 Science skills in every chapter

Ask testable questions, run fair and repeatable tests, graph the results and write scientific reports.

Term 1

Weeks 1–10
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WhenChapterWhat you learn
Weeks 1–5Growing ConditionsBiological sciences
Weeks 6–9People and NatureBiological sciences
  • Changing environments
  • Human influence
  • Helping native species
Week 10🏆 Term 1 test everything from this term

Term 2

Weeks 11–20
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WhenChapterWhat you learn
Weeks 11–15Changing MaterialsChemical sciences
  • Reversible changes
  • Irreversible changes
  • Dissolving and mixing
  • Signs of a new substance
Weeks 16–19Change InvestigationsChemical sciences
  • Heating and cooling
  • Burning and rusting
  • Planning a fair test
Week 20🏆 Term 2 test everything from this term

Term 3

Weeks 21–30
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WhenChapterWhat you learn
Weeks 21–25Restless EarthEarth and space sciences
  • Earthquakes
  • Volcanoes
  • Tsunamis
  • Reading maps of events
Weeks 26–29Extreme WeatherEarth and space sciences
  • Cyclones
  • Extreme heat
  • Floods and staying prepared
Week 30🏆 Term 3 test everything from this term

Term 4

Weeks 31–40
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WhenChapterWhat you learn
Weeks 31–35CircuitsPhysical sciences
  • Parts of a circuit
  • Circuit diagrams
  • Conductors and insulators
  • Series circuits
Weeks 36–39Using ElectricityPhysical sciences
  • Energy transfer in a circuit
  • Energy transformed by devices
  • Design a safe circuit
Week 40🏆 Term 4 test everything from this term
Week 40🎓 Year 6 final test everything from this year

Colour key

Biological sciences (9 weeks)Chemical sciences (9 weeks)Earth and space sciences (9 weeks)Physical sciences (9 weeks)Test week (4 weeks)

Lessons marked ▶ are open now. Lessons marked 🔒 are locked. The rest are planned and will be added week by week.