The outcomes and content in the Science and Technology Syllabus are organised in the following strands and substrands:

This term in Science & Technology, Year 6 will be engaging in the syllabus unit entitled Greenhouse:

In this unit, students explore sustainability with a specific focus on food. Students design and construct a mini greenhouse from recycled materials to grow and germinate seeds or seedlings. They plant the same seedlings in a vegetable patch. Both the mini greenhouse and the vegetable patch are monitored, observed and the results recorded daily. Students investigate the concepts of sustainable design, what plants need to grow, photosynthesis and how the analogy of the microclimate within a greenhouse relates to the global greenhouse effect. They research a vegetable and the planting specifications.