AC9S9I05 Year 9 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.

analyse and connect a variety of data and information to identify and explain patterns, trends, relationships and anomalies

Elaborations

• 1 discussing the validity of the data when extrapolating from a graph
• 2 analysing representations of data from atmospheric monitoring and ice cores to identify patterns and trends in the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, highlighting inconsistencies
• 3 comparing published data with experimental data such as the sound-insulating levels of different materials and identifying any trends or patterns in differences, such as: ‘The published sound levels are usually higher than the experimentally determined levels’
• 4 analysing data on heat transfer through multiple layers of an insulating material and identifying patterns and proportional relationships, such as: ‘When the thickness of the material is doubled the amount of heat transferred is halved’
• 5 examining tables, graphs and digital simulations of radioactive decay half-life to predict changes in mass over time

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