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
ACSIS234
Use scientific knowledge and findings from investigations to evaluate claims based on evidence
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACSIS234 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Science | F-10 curriculum
ACSIS139
Identify questions and problems that can be investigated scientifically and make predictions based on scientific knowledge
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACSIS139 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Science | F-10 curriculum
ACSIS148
Communicate ideas, findings and evidence based solutions to problems using scientific language, and representations, using digital technologies as appropriate
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACSIS148 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Science | F-10 curriculum
ACSIS145
Summarise data, from students’ own investigations and secondary sources, and use scientific understanding to identify relationships and draw conclusions based on evidence
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACSIS145 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACSIS234
deciding whether or not to accept claims based on scientific evidence
Elaboration (1) | ACSIS234 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACSIS145
drawing conclusions based on a range of evidence including primary and secondary sources
Elaboration (1) | ACSIS145 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACSSU153
identifying a range of common rock types using a key based on observable physical and chemical properties
Elaboration (1) | ACSSU153 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (8) ACSHE136
investigating how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples used scientific understandings of complex ecological relationships to develop specific fire-based agricultural practices (OI.2, OI.3, OI.5)
Elaboration (8) | ACSHE136 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Science | F-10 curriculum