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) 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 (1) ACSSU149

distinguishing plant cells from animal or fungal cells

Elaboration (1) | ACSSU149 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACSSU150

describing the structure of each organ in a system and relating its function to the overall function of the system

Elaboration (1) | ACSSU150 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACSSU151

modelling the arrangement of particles in solids, liquids and gases

Elaboration (1) | ACSSU151 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACSSU152

recognising that elements and simple compounds can be represented by symbols and formulas

Elaboration (1) | ACSSU152 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACSSU225

identifying evidence that a chemical change has taken place

Elaboration (1) | ACSSU225 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACSSU153

identifying a range of common rock types using a key based on observable physical and chemical properties

Elaboration (1) | ACSSU153 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACSSU155

recognising that potential energy is stored energy, such as gravitational, chemical and elastic energy

Elaboration (1) | ACSSU155 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACSHE134

discovering how people’s understanding of the nature of matter has changed over time as evidence for particle theory has become available through developments in technology

Elaboration (1) | ACSHE134 | 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) ACSHE135

investigating strategies implemented to maintain part of the local environment, such as bushland, a beach, a lake, a desert or a shoreline

Elaboration (1) | ACSHE135 | 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 (1) ACSIS140

identifying any ethical considerations that may apply to the investigation

Elaboration (1) | ACSIS140 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACSIS141

identifying and explaining the differences between controlled, dependent and independent variables

Elaboration (1) | ACSIS141 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACSIS144

explaining the strengths and limitations of representations such as physical models, diagrams and simulations in terms of the attributes of systems included or not included

Elaboration (1) | ACSIS144 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACSIS145

drawing conclusions based on a range of evidence including primary and secondary sources

Elaboration (1) | ACSIS145 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACSIS146

discussing investigation methods with others to share ideas about the quality of the inquiry process

Elaboration (1) | ACSIS146 | 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