AC9S7I05 Year 7 Science

AC9S7I05 – Year 7 Science: Processing, modelling and analysing

Strand

Science inquiry

Substrand

Processing, modelling and analysing

This Content Descriptor from Year 7 Science provides the specific knowledge and skills students should learn. Use it to plan lessons, create learning sequences, and design assessments that align with the Australian Curriculum v9.

Content Descriptor

analyse data and information to describe patterns, trends and relationships and identify anomalies

Elaborations

• analysing change in predator and prey numbers over time to identify predator-prey cycles
• identifying patterns and relationships in data sets such as identifying qualitative relationships between the mass of a planet and its gravity
• analysing data to identify patterns in the proportions of a day spent in sunlight and in darkness and relating these patterns to the seasons
• identifying anomalies in data and investigating their effect on observed patterns or relationships
• collaborating with First Nations Australians communities to create a calendar as a representation of seasonal patterns and relationships using digital tools

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 7 ASSCIY7

Year 7 Science Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 7 students explain how biological diversity is ordered and organised. They represent flows of matter and energy in ecosystems and predict the effects of environmental changes. They model cycles in the Earth-sun-moon system and explain the effects of these cycles on Earth phenomena. They represent and explain the effects of forces acting on objects. They use particle theory to explain the physical properties of substances and develop processes that separate mixtures. Students identify the factors that can influence development of and lead to changes in scientific knowledge. They explain how scientific responses are developed and can impact society. They explain the role of science communication in shaping viewpoints, policies and regulations. Students plan and conduct safe, reproducible investigations to test relationships and aspects of scientific models. They identify potential ethical issues and intercultural considerations required for field locations or use of secondary data. They use equipment to generate and record data with precision. They select and construct appropriate representations to organise data and information. They process data and information and analyse it to describe patterns, trends and relationships. They identify possible sources of error in methods and identify unanswered questions in conclusions and claims. They identify evidence to support their conclusions and construct arguments to support or dispute claims. They select and use language and text features appropriately for their purpose and audience when communicating their ideas and findings.