VC2S6I02

repeatable scientific investigations to answer questions can be planned and conducted, including, as appropriate, deciding the variables to be changed, measured and controlled in fair tests, considering potential risks, planning for the safe and ethical use of equipment and materials, and obtaining permissions for investigations conducted on Country and Place or in protected areas

• considering different ways to undertake investigations, such as researching, using trial and error, experimental testing, field observations, using digital tools to record observations, conducting surveys and using simulations
• using a map or aerial photographs to predict local sites likely to be affected by erosion, and collaboratively planning a field excursion to collect observations
• identifying the variable being tested, the variable being measured and variables that need to be kept the same in their investigation of the amount of heat energy needed to cause a reversible or irreversible reaction
• planning and recording the method used in an investigation about the amount of erosion on slopes so that the method is repeatable
• identifying potential risks to themselves or others when identifying electrical hazards at home and explaining rules for safe processes and use of equipment and materials
• recognising that scientific investigations on or about Country and Place should involve Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander knowledge holders, and that there may be cultural protocols (ethical principles that guide behaviour in particular situations when interacting with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples and that are designed to protect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural and intellectual property rights) in place restricting or prohibiting access