AC9S9H04 Year 9 Science

AC9S9H04 – Year 9 Science: Use and influence of science

Strand

Science as a human endeavour

Substrand

Use and influence of science

This Content Descriptor from Year 9 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.

Content Descriptor

examine how the values and needs of society influence the focus of scientific research

Elaborations

• exploring how governments determine which scientific research projects should be funded
• exploring how Australia has developed an artificial intelligence system which is used to predict the likelihood of a viable pregnancy from transfer of a single embryo to a woman undergoing in-vitro fertilisation
• researching how First Nations Peoples of the Torres Strait are at the forefront of the development of scientific measures to prevent the transfer of certain infectious diseases and pests to the Australian continent
• investigating how the need to minimise greenhouse gas production has led to scientific and technological advances
• considering innovative energy transfer devices, including those used in transport and communication
• considering how the development of new materials and procedures has contributed to safe sound levels for humans in the workplace and leisure activities
• examining why many manufacturers are adopting green chemistry processes

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 9 ASSCIY9

Year 9 Science Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 9 students explain how body systems provide a coordinated response to stimuli. They describe how the processes of sexual and asexual reproduction enable survival of the species. They explain how interactions within and between Earth’s spheres affect the carbon cycle. They analyse energy conservation in simple systems and apply wave and particle models to describe energy transfer. They explain observable chemical processes in terms of changes in atomic structure, atomic rearrangement and mass. Students explain the role of publication and peer review in the development of scientific knowledge and explain the relationship between science, technologies and engineering. They analyse the different ways in which science and society are interconnected. Students plan and conduct safe, reproducible investigations to test or identify relationships and models. They describe how they have addressed any ethical and intercultural considerations when generating or using primary and secondary data. They select and use equipment to generate and record replicable data with precision. They select and construct appropriate representations to organise, process and summarise data and information. They analyse and connect data and information to identify and explain patterns, trends, relationships and anomalies. They analyse the impact of assumptions and sources of error in methods and evaluate the validity of conclusions and claims. They construct logical arguments based on evidence to support conclusions and evaluate claims. They select and use content, language and text features effectively to achieve their purpose when communicating their ideas, findings and arguments to specific audiences.