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
ACSHE134
Scientific knowledge has changed peoples’ understanding of the world and is refined as new evidence becomes available
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACSHE134 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Science | F-10 curriculum
ACSHE136
People use science understanding and skills in their occupations and these have influenced the development of practices in areas of human activity
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACSHE136 | 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
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACSIS145 | Content Descriptions | 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 (3) ACSHE134
investigating the development of the microscope and the impact it has had on the understanding of cell functions and division
Elaboration (3) | ACSHE134 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (5) ACSSU155
investigating traditional fire-starting methods used by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and their understanding of the transformation of energy (OI.5, OI.7)
Elaboration (5) | ACSSU155 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACSHE134
investigating developments in the understanding of cells and how this knowledge has impacted on areas such as health and medicine
Elaboration | ACSHE134 | 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