AC9S7I01
Year 7
Science
AC9S7I01 | Year 7 Science: Questioning and predicting
Content Descriptor
Content descriptor develop investigable questions, reasoned predictions and hypotheses to explore scientific models, identify patterns and test relationships
Strand
Science inquiry
Substrand
Questioning and predicting
This content descriptor sets out learning for Year 7 Science. Use it to plan lessons and assessment with the Australian Curriculum v9.
Elaborations
- • Elaboration discussing the features of investigable and non-investigable questions, including consideration of school and web-based resources available, and examining their own and others’ questions
- • Elaboration consulting with First Nations Australians to clarify questions based on their traditional ecological knowledges, such as predictions regarding the impact of invasive species
- • Elaboration developing investigable questions to explore scientific models, such as: ‘How does particle theory explain the properties of substances?’
- • Elaboration developing investigable questions to test relationships, such as: ‘How does the volume of a balloon change as it is heated and cooled? What happens to the height of the tide at different points of the lunar cycle?’
- • Elaboration discussing the relationship between a reasoned prediction and a hypothesis, identifying essential elements of a hypothesis and using a provided scaffold to develop hypotheses
- • Elaboration formulating hypotheses such as: ‘If the surface area of the parachute is decreased, the parachute will descend more quickly because there will be less air resistance’
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