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
Elaboration (4) ACSSU180
relating the extreme age and stability of a large part of the Australian continent to its plate tectonic history
Elaboration (4) | ACSSU180 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (4) ACSSU175
investigating the effects on humans of exposure to electromagnetic radiations such as X-rays and microwaves
Elaboration (4) | ACSSU175 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (4) ACSSU176
investigating the interdependence of communities and the role of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples in maintaining their environment (OI.2, OI.5)
Elaboration (4) | ACSSU176 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (4) ACSSU178
recognising that the conservation of mass in a chemical reaction can be demonstrated by simple chemical equations
Elaboration (4) | ACSSU178 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (4) ACSSU179
describing how the products of combustion reactions affect the environment
Elaboration (4) | ACSSU179 | 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 (4) ACSHE157
investigating how models can be used to predict the changes in populations due to environmental changes, such as the impact of flooding or fire on rabbit or kangaroo populations
Elaboration (4) | ACSHE157 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (4) ACSHE160
evaluating claims relating to products such as electrical devices, fuels, indigestion tablets
Elaboration (4) | ACSHE160 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (4) ACSHE228
considering safe sound levels for humans and implications in the workplace and leisure activities
Elaboration (4) | ACSHE228 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (4) ACSIS164
acknowledging and using information from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples to hypothesise about fauna or flora distributions
Elaboration (4) | ACSIS164 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (4) ACSIS165
combining research using primary and secondary sources with students' own experimental investigation
Elaboration (4) | ACSIS165 | 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