Year 8 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 8 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Achievement Standard Science Year 8

By the end of Year 8, students compare physical and chemical changes and use the particle model to explain and predict the properties and behaviours of substances. They identify different forms of energy and describe how energy transfers and transformations …

Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 8 | Science | F-10 curriculum

ACSSU155

Energy appears in different forms, including movement (kinetic energy), heat and potential energy, and energy transformations and transfers cause change within systems

Elaborations ScOT Terms

ACSSU155 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (2) ACSSU151

using the particle model to explain observed phenomena linking the energy of particles to temperature changes

Elaboration (2) | ACSSU151 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (3) ACSSU153

considering the role of forces and energy in the formation of different types of rocks and minerals

Elaboration (3) | ACSSU153 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (5) ACSSU155

investigating traditional fire-starting methods used by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and their understanding of the transformation of energy (OI.5, OI.7)

Elaboration (5) | ACSSU155 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACSSU155

recognising that kinetic energy is the energy possessed by moving bodies

Elaboration | ACSSU155 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACSSU155

recognising that potential energy is stored energy, such as gravitational, chemical and elastic energy

Elaboration (1) | ACSSU155 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (2) ACSSU155

investigating different forms of energy in terms of the effects they cause, such as gravitational potential causing objects to fall and heat energy transferred between materials that have a different temperature

Elaboration (2) | ACSSU155 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (3) ACSSU155

recognising that heat energy is often produced as a by-product of energy transfer, such as brakes on a car and light globes

Elaboration (3) | ACSSU155 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (4) ACSSU155

using flow diagrams to illustrate changes between different forms of energy

Elaboration (4) | ACSSU155 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (2) ACSHE135

investigating how energy efficiency can reduce energy consumption

Elaboration (2) | ACSHE135 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (5) ACSHE136

considering how engineers improve energy efficiency of a range of processes

Elaboration (5) | ACSHE136 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Science | F-10 curriculum