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AC9S7I06: Year 7 Science Content Descriptor – Evaluating
AC9S7I06 Year 7 Science

AC9S7I06 – Year 7 Science: Evaluating

Strand
Science inquiry
Substrand
Evaluating

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 methods, conclusions and claims for assumptions, possible sources of error, conflicting evidence and unanswered questions

Elaborations

  • • identifying and considering indicators of the quality of the data when analysing results to identify unanswered questions
  • • evaluating the method used in an investigation, identifying assumptions made about variables that should be controlled, suggesting ways it could be improved and giving reasons for the suggested changes
  • • analysing conclusions and claims to identify facts or premises that are taken for granted to be true, and considering their relevance to conclusions
  • • considering the spread of repeated measurements and observations
  • • identifying possible sources of error in the method used and describing how the method could be improved to remove these sources of error
  • • identifying the evidence being cited to support a claim and evaluating conflicting evidence

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.