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

Elaboration (8) ACSHE083

investigating how Torres Strait Islander Peoples and Aboriginal Peoples of arid regions of Australia use scientific knowledge to manage precious water resources (OI.5)

Elaboration (8) | ACSHE083 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (8) ACSHE098

investigating how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples test predictions and gather data in the development of technologies and processes (OI.5, OI.9)

Elaboration (8) | ACSHE098 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (8) ACSHE100

considering how electricity and electrical appliances have changed the way some people live

Elaboration (8) | ACSHE100 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (8) ACSHE121

investigating how the knowledge and experience of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples are being used to inform scientific decisions, such as the care of Country/Place (OI.2, OI.9)

Elaboration (8) | ACSHE121 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | 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

Elaboration (8) ACSHE160

recognising aspects of science, engineering and technology within careers such as medicine, medical technology, telecommunications, biomechanical engineering, pharmacy and physiology

Elaboration (8) | ACSHE160 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (8) ACSHE194

recognising that scientific developments in areas such as sustainable transport and low-emissions electrical generation require people working in a range of fields of science, engineering and technology

Elaboration (8) | ACSHE194 | Content Descriptions | Year 10 | Science | F-10 curriculum