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

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

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 (6) ACSSU182

investigating the impact of material selection on the transfer of sound energy in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ traditional musical, hunting and communication instruments (OI.5)

Elaboration (6) | ACSSU182 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (6) ACSHE160

considering how communication methods are influenced by new mobile technologies that rely on electromagnetic radiation

Elaboration (6) | ACSHE160 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (6) ACSHE228

researching how Torres Strait Islander Peoples are at the forefront of the development of scientific measures to prevent the transfer of certain infectious diseases and pests to the Australian continent (OI.9)

Elaboration (6) | ACSHE228 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (6) ACSIS165

acknowledging cultural heritage protection Acts as they relate to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in planning field investigations

Elaboration (6) | ACSIS165 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | 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