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

ACSSU151

Properties of the different states of matter can be explained in terms of the motion and arrangement of particles

Elaborations ScOT Terms

ACSSU151 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACSSU151

explaining why a model for the structure of matter is needed

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

Elaboration (2) ACSSU151

using the particle model to explain observed phenomena linking the energy of particles to temperature changes

Elaboration (2) | ACSSU151 | 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