AC9S8I03 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.

select and use equipment to generate and record data with precision, using digital tools as appropriate

Elaborations

• 1 selecting and using equipment with required precision such as adjusting magnification to observe specific cell structures and recording this magnification and reading the bottom of the meniscus to determine the precise volume of liquid
• 2 recording data with precision appropriate to the instrument such as rounding up or down with finer graduations or estimating an intermediate value with coarser graduations
• 3 using digital tools such as digital microscopes, simulations and video-recording devices when appropriate to observe, measure and record qualitative and quantitative data
• 4 using conventions related to dependent and independent variables with relevant units when constructing tables and spreadsheets
• 5 using appropriate positive and negative signs for standard units, number of decimal points and exponential notation where relevant when recording data

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