Year 7 Science
The science inquiry skills and science as a human endeavour strands are described across a two-year band. In their planning, schools and teachers refer to the expectations outlined in the achievement standard and also to the content of the science understanding …
Year 7 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (5) ACSSU111
using provided keys to identify organisms surveyed in a local habitat
Elaboration (5) | ACSSU111 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (5) ACSSU112
exploring how living things can cause changes to their environment and impact other living things, such as the effect of cane toads
Elaboration (5) | ACSSU112 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (5) ACSSU115
researching Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples' oral traditions and cultural recordings of solar and lunar eclipses and investigating similarities and differences with contemporary understandings of such phenomena (OI.3, OI.9)
Elaboration (5) | ACSSU115 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (5) ACSSU116
exploring how human management of water impacts on the water cycle
Elaboration (5) | ACSSU116 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (5) ACSSU117
investigating the effect of forces through the application of simple machines, such as the bow and arrows used by Torres Strait Islander Peoples or the spear throwers used by Aboriginal Peoples (OI.5, OI.7)
Elaboration (5) | ACSSU117 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (5) ACSHE223
investigating how land management practices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples informs sustainable management of the environment to protect biodiversity (OI.5, OI.9)
Elaboration (5) | ACSHE223 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (5) ACSHE120
researching the development of commercial products that are founded on the traditional knowledge and practices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and discussing related ethical considerations associated with biopiracy and intellectual property …
Elaboration (5) | ACSHE120 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (5) ACSHE121
investigating how separation techniques are used in the food and wine industries
Elaboration (5) | ACSHE121 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (5) ACSIS125
consulting with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander land councils in planning scientific investigations, and seeking guidance regarding land access rights
Elaboration (5) | ACSIS125 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Achievement Standard Science Year 7
By the end of Year 7, students describe techniques to separate pure substances from mixtures. They represent and predict the effects of unbalanced forces, including Earth’s gravity, on motion. They explain how the relative positions of Earth, the …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 7 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACSHE119
researching developments in the understanding of astronomy, such as the predictions of eclipses and the calculation of the length of the solar year by Al‑Battani in the tenth century
Elaboration (2) | ACSHE119 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Science | F-10 curriculum