Year 9 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 9 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Achievement Standard Science Year 9
By the end of Year 9, students explain chemical processes and natural radioactivity in terms of atoms and energy transfers and describe examples of important chemical reactions. They describe models of energy transfer and apply these to explain phenomena. …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 9 | Science | F-10 curriculum
ACSSU176
Ecosystems consist of communities of interdependent organisms and abiotic components of the environment; matter and energy flow through these systems
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACSSU176 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | Science | F-10 curriculum
ACSSU179
Chemical reactions, including combustion and the reactions of acids, are important in both non-living and living systems and involve energy transfer
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACSSU179 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | Science | F-10 curriculum
ACSSU182
Energy transfer through different mediums can be explained using wave and particle models
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACSSU182 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACSSU176
considering how energy flows into and out of an ecosystem via the pathways of food webs, and how it must be replaced to maintain the sustainability of the system
Elaboration (2) | ACSSU176 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACSSU178
considering the role of energy in chemical reactions
Elaboration (3) | ACSSU178 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (5) ACSSU179
investigating how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples use fire-mediated chemical reactions to facilitate energy and nutrient transfer in ecosystems through the practice of firestick farming (OI.2, OI.5)
Elaboration (5) | ACSSU179 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACSSU180
considering the role of heat energy and convection currents in the movement of tectonic plates
Elaboration (3) | ACSSU180 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (6) ACSSU182
investigating the impact of material selection on the transfer of sound energy in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ traditional musical, hunting and communication instruments (OI.5)
Elaboration (6) | ACSSU182 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACSSU182
exploring how and why the movement of energy varies according to the medium through which it is transferred
Elaboration | ACSSU182 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (4) ACSSU182
investigating factors that affect the transfer of energy through an electric circuit
Elaboration (4) | ACSSU182 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (5) ACSSU182
exploring the properties of waves, and situations where energy is transferred in the form of waves, such as sound and light
Elaboration (5) | ACSSU182 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | Science | F-10 curriculum