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

ACSIS174

Communicate scientific ideas and information for a particular purpose, including constructing evidence-based arguments and using appropriate scientific language, conventions and representations

Elaborations ScOT Terms

ACSIS174 | Content Descriptions | 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

Elaboration (2) ACSHE157

considering how ideas about disease transmission have changed from medieval time to the present as knowledge has developed

Elaboration (2) | ACSHE157 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (3) ACSIS164

developing ideas from students own or others' investigations and experiences to investigate further

Elaboration (3) | ACSIS164 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACSIS174

presenting results and ideas using formal experimental reports, oral presentations, slide shows, poster presentations and contributing to group discussions

Elaboration | ACSIS174 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | Science | F-10 curriculum