School Level Textbooks

Contains key documents and information on the Science learning area in the Australian curriculum.

The Australian Curriculum: Science provides opportunities for students to develop an understanding of important science concepts and processes, the practices used to develop scientific knowledge, of science’s contribution to our culture and society, and its applications in our lives.

VELS is no longer the current curriculum in use. For comparative purposes this site provides access to the former Curriculum Standards document outlining Standards for Levels 1 - 6. Standards document outline Standards for Levels 1 - 6, with the Science knowledge and understanding, and Science at work Dimensions.

This site contains links teaching support materials such as websites, publications, assessment examples, professional learning support and links to current research in the area of Science education.

This section of the Science Domain (P-10) site contains links to websites, online resources and tools that provide learning and teaching support for teachers.

Created by the University of California at Berkeley, Understanding Science offers a variety of resources to integrate the nature and process of science into teaching at all levels of education.

The Science Continuum P-10 identifies focus ideas at each level of the VELS for Science. Linking expert practice and research, it explains: students’ ideas, based on their everyday experiences; the age-appropriate scientific view; and, critical teaching ideas and teaching activities.

Online episodes, clips, transcripts and teacher materials to support the ABC television show.

The Victorian Curriculum F–10 incorporates the Australian Curriculum and reflects Victorian priorities and standards. In Levels 7 and 8, the curriculum focus is on explaining phenomena involving science and its applications.