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 (4) ACSSU153
recognising that some rocks and minerals, such as ores, provide valuable resources
Elaboration (4) | ACSSU153 | 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 ACSHE226
investigating how knowledge of the location and extraction of mineral resources relies on expertise from across the disciplines of science
Elaboration | ACSHE226 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACSIS139
considering whether investigation using available resources is possible when identifying questions or problems to investigate
Elaboration | ACSIS139 | 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