In my work with teachers in curriculum and pedagogy over the years, I have noticed that several misconceptions about our Australian Curriculum: Science continue to be raised.

These misconceptions include:

1. The Science understanding strand is the only strand that should be planned for, taught, and assessed

2. Content elaborations must be taught and assessed

3. Each content description should be taught as a unit across a whole term

4. The curriculum is the only thing that should be taught

5. The goal of the curriculum is to prepare students for senior secondary science classes

Each of these statements is not correct! So what is? Let’s see what’s true.