AC9S8I02
Year 8
Science
AC9S8I02 | Year 8 Science: Planning and conducting
Content Descriptor
Content descriptor 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
Strand
Science inquiry
Substrand
Planning and conducting
This content descriptor sets out learning for Year 8 Science. Use it to plan lessons and assessment with the Australian Curriculum v9.
Elaborations
- • Elaboration designing reproducible investigations that specifically test variables of the causal relationship and control the remaining variables
- • Elaboration 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
- • Elaboration explaining why safety procedures address identified risks
- • Elaboration considering ethical issues relating to the access to and use of biological material and secondary data
- • Elaboration 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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