AC9S8U07 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.

compare physical and chemical changes and identify indicators of energy change in chemical reactions

Elaborations

• 1 performing simple chemical reactions to identify the indicators of chemical change such as gas production, solid production, colour change and temperature change
• 2 analysing and interpreting data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical or physical change has occurred
• 3 investigating and identifying energy changes in different chemical reactions such as differences in temperature
• 4 examining how the physical and chemical properties of a substance will affect its production or use
• 5 discussing where indicators of chemical change are used for identifying the presence of particular substances, such as in soil, water and medical testing kits

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