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
Elaboration (2) ACSSU189
explaining the causes and effects of the greenhouse effect
Elaboration (2) | ACSSU189 | Content Descriptions | Year 10 | 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
Elaboration (3) ACSHE158
researching how technological advances in monitoring greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental factors have contributed to the reinstatement of traditional fire management practices as a strategy to reduce atmospheric pollution (OI.2, OI.5, OI …
Elaboration (3) | ACSHE158 | 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 (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