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

ACSIS146

Reflect on scientific investigations including evaluating the quality of the data collected, and identifying improvements

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ACSIS146 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Science | F-10 curriculum

ACSIS234

Use scientific knowledge and findings from investigations to evaluate claims based on evidence

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ACSIS234 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Science | F-10 curriculum

ACSHE134

Scientific knowledge has changed peoples’ understanding of the world and is refined as new evidence becomes available

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ACSHE134 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Science | F-10 curriculum

ACSIS139

Identify questions and problems that can be investigated scientifically and make predictions based on scientific knowledge

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ACSIS139 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Science | F-10 curriculum

ACSIS148

Communicate ideas, findings and evidence based solutions to problems using scientific language, and representations, using digital technologies as appropriate

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ACSIS148 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Science | F-10 curriculum

ACSIS145

Summarise data, from students’ own investigations and secondary sources, and use scientific understanding to identify relationships and draw conclusions based on evidence

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ACSIS145 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACSIS234

identifying the scientific evidence available to evaluate claims

Elaboration | ACSIS234 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACSIS234

deciding whether or not to accept claims based on scientific evidence

Elaboration (1) | ACSIS234 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (2) ACSHE226

researching the use of reproductive technologies and how developments in this field rely on scientific knowledge from different areas of science

Elaboration (2) | ACSHE226 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (3) ACSIS140

collaborating with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples in the planning of scientific investigations, including considerations of heritage sites and artefacts

Elaboration (3) | ACSIS140 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACSHE226

considering how advances in technology, combined with scientific understanding of the functioning of body systems, has enabled medical science to replace or repair organs

Elaboration (1) | ACSHE226 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACSIS139

recognising that the solution of some questions and problems requires consideration of social, cultural, economic or moral aspects rather than or as well as scientific investigation

Elaboration (1) | ACSIS139 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | 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