AC9S8U02 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.

analyse the relationship between structure and function of cells, tissues and organs in a plant and an animal organ system and explain how these systems enable survival of the individual

Elaborations

• 1 comparing 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional representations of organ systems to understand how organs are positioned within the body
• 2 comparing the structure and function of analogous systems in a plant and an animal
• 3 examining the specialised cells and tissues involved in structure and function of particular organs in an organ system
• 4 describing the structure of each organ in a system and relating its function to the overall function of the system
• 5 researching how a disorder in cells or tissues can affect how an organ functions, such as how hardening of the arteries can lead to poor circulation or heart disease
• 6 investigating how an artificial organ mimics or augments the function or functions of a real organ

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