Unit Synopsis
Biological and Earth and Space Sciences develops understanding of both the content and pedagogy required to teach Science in Primary and Early Childhood classrooms. Students are introduced to concepts around how children learn Science; the importance of Science education in an Australian and international context; and current views around effective pedagogical practice linked to research. The focus on pedagogy will be linked to two content areas from the Australian Curriculum: Biological sciences and Earth and Space sciences.
Details
| Level | Undergraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 2 |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 1 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
There are no pre-requisites for the unit.
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2027
Term 1 - 2027 Profile
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Assessment Tasks
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This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).
Past Exams
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Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Source: SUTE
Assessment tasks
Assessments will be refined and modified to further assist.
Assessment tasks were updated and refined to help with student clarity and to keep content current.
Source: Moodle
Moodle content
Moodle content, and in particular for Early Years' content, will continue to be updated in line with the EYLF 2.0.
The Moodle site underwent a major revision in 2026, which now incorporates a significant amount of Early Years content.
Source: Tutorials
Tutorial content
Continual improvements are being made to keep unit content covered in tutorials to be relevant, interesting, and engaging.
Tutorial content was updated and modified to remain relevant, interesting and engaging.
Source: SUTE
Assessment
Assessments will be updated and refined with further scaffolding to assist with student clarity.
In Progress
Source: SUTE
Moodle
Continual improvements are being made to keep unit Moodle content relevant, accessible and engaging.
In Progress
Source: SUTE
Tutorials
Continual improvements will need to be made to keep the tutorials relevant, interesting and engaging with more live science demonstrations to help with student clarity.
In Progress
To see Learning Outcomes from an earlier availability, please search via a previous term.