AC9S8U03
Year 8
Science
AC9S8U03 | Year 8 Science: Earth and space sciences
Content Descriptor
Content descriptor investigate tectonic activity including the formation of geological features at divergent, convergent and transform plate boundaries and describe the scientific evidence for the theory of plate tectonics
Strand
Science understanding
Substrand
Earth and space sciences
This content descriptor sets out learning for Year 8 Science. Use it to plan lessons and assessment with the Australian Curriculum v9.
Elaborations
- • Elaboration examining patterns of earthquake and volcanic activity over time and proposing explanations
- • Elaboration evaluating the impact of tectonic events on human populations and examining engineering solutions designed to reduce the impact
- • Elaboration modelling interactions at plate boundaries
- • Elaboration investigating the relative significance of different forces involved in tectonic plate movement including slab pull, ridge push and convection
- • Elaboration relating the extreme age and stability of a large part of the Australian continent to its plate tectonic history
- • Elaboration constructing a timeline of evidence to show the development of the theory of plate tectonics
- • Elaboration exploring how geologist and oceanographic cartographer Marie Tharp’s topographic maps of the Atlantic Ocean floor provided support for the acceptance of the theory of plate tectonics
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- • Elaboration researching First Nations Australians’ cultural accounts that provide evidence of earthquakes and volcanoes
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