AC9S8I02 Year 8 Science

This Content Descriptor from Year 8 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.

plan and conduct reproducible investigations to answer questions and test hypotheses, including identifying variables and assumptions and, as appropriate, recognising and managing risks, considering ethical issues and recognising key considerations regarding heritage sites and artefacts on Country/Place

Elaborations

• 1 designing reproducible investigations that specifically test variables of the causal relationship and control the remaining variables
• 2 identifying assumptions related to testing a hypothesis using analogous models, such as using dialysis tubing to model the properties of plant cell walls or a shake table to model the effects of an earthquake on buildings
• 3 explaining why safety procedures address identified risks
• 4 considering ethical issues relating to the access to and use of biological material and secondary data
• 5 acknowledging and recognising First Nations Australians’ artefacts and heritage sites of significance such as ceremonial grounds and traditional quarries, and ensuring they cause no harm to heritage sites and artefacts

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