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
ACSHE157
Scientific understanding, including models and theories, is contestable and is refined over time through a process of review by the scientific community
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACSHE157 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | Science | F-10 curriculum
ACSHE158
Advances in scientific understanding often rely on technological advances and are often linked to scientific discoveries
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACSHE158 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACSSU182
discussing the wave and particle models and how they are useful for understanding aspects of phenomena
Elaboration (1) | ACSSU182 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACSSU182
understanding the processes underlying convection and conduction in terms of the particle model
Elaboration (3) | ACSSU182 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACSIS170
comparing conclusions with earlier predictions and reviewing scientific understanding where appropriate
Elaboration | ACSIS170 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACSHE158
considering how the development of imaging technologies have improved our understanding of the functions and interactions of body systems
Elaboration (2) | ACSHE158 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACSIS174
acknowledging and exploring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ ways of communicating their understanding of the internal systems of organisms
Elaboration (3) | ACSIS174 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACSIS170
acknowledging and identifying the relationship between First Peoples’ knowledges and contemporary science and the co-contributions in arriving at shared understanding when working “both-ways”
Elaboration (3) | ACSIS170 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | Science | F-10 curriculum