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
Year 7 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 7 | Science | F-10 curriculum
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
Key ideas Science
In the Australian Curriculum: Science, there are six key ideas that represent key aspects of a scientific view of the world and bridge knowledge and understanding across the disciplines of science, as shown Figure 1 below. These are embedded within each …
Key ideas | 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
Achievement Standard Science Year 7
By the end of Year 7, students describe techniques to separate pure substances from mixtures. They represent and predict the effects of unbalanced forces, including Earth’s gravity, on motion. They explain how the relative positions of Earth, the …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 7 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (9) ACSHE100
discussing how modern approaches to fire ecology in Australia are being informed by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ traditional ecological knowledge and fire management practices (OI.2, OI.9)
Elaboration (9) | ACSHE100 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (9) ACSHE160
considering how the traditional ecological knowledge of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples is being reaffirmed by modern science and how this is generating new career opportunities in the field of restorative ecology (OI.2, OI.5, OI.9)
Elaboration (9) | ACSHE160 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (9) ACSHE194
considering how ecological sciences are recognising the efficacy of traditional ecological practices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and how restorative programs based on these practices are generating new career opportunities (OI.2, …
Elaboration (9) | ACSHE194 | Content Descriptions | Year 10 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (7) ACSHE083
investigating how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ traditional ecological and zoological knowledge informs sustainable harvesting practices of certain species, such as dugongs and turtles (OI.2, OI.6)
Elaboration (7) | ACSHE083 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (7) ACSHE098
investigating the development of earthquake measurements from the Chinese invention of the seismograph in the second century
Elaboration (7) | ACSHE098 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (7) ACSHE100
researching the use of methane generators in Indonesia
Elaboration (7) | ACSHE100 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (7) ACSSU112
investigating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples' responses to the disruptive interactions of invasive species and their effect on important food webs that many communities are a part of, and depend on, for produce and medicine (OI.2, OI.5, …
Elaboration (7) | ACSSU112 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (7) ACSHE121
considering how sports scientists apply knowledge of forces to improve performance
Elaboration (7) | ACSHE121 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (7) ACSHE136
investigating how scientists have created new materials such as synthetic fibres, heat-resistant plastics and pharmaceuticals
Elaboration (7) | ACSHE136 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (7) ACSSU182
investigating aspects of heat transfer and conservation in the design of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ bedding and clothing in the various climatic regions of Australia (OI.5, OI.7)
Elaboration (7) | ACSSU182 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (7) ACSHE160
considering the impacts of human activity on an ecosystem from a range of different perspectives
Elaboration (7) | ACSHE160 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (7) ACSSU189
investigating how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples are reducing Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions through the reinstatement of traditional fire management regimes (OI.5, OI.9)
Elaboration (7) | ACSSU189 | Content Descriptions | Year 10 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (7) ACSHE194
evaluating claims relating to environmental footprints
Elaboration (7) | ACSHE194 | Content Descriptions | Year 10 | 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