Year 8 Science standard elaborations - Evolution A B C D E The folio of student work has the following characteristics. Science justified explanation of informed explanation of explanation of the description of the statements about heredity, • • • • • evolution and diversity of the processes that the processes that underpin processes that underpin processes that underpin Understanding life underpin heredity and heredity and evolution heredity and evolution heredity and evolution Biological Sciences evolution (PART B) Science Inquiry making of justified making of plausible making of predictions with making of predictions using predictions • • • • • predictions predictions reasons provided. Skills Questioning (HYPOTHESIS) planning of investigations planning of investigations • • use of provided • partial planning • that: that: investigations methods of investigations describe the implications consider safety and ethics − − that: identification of safety • of safety and ethics identify variables to be − considerations consider safety and - Planning and considerations changed, measured and ethics identify and describe how controlled conducting − identify variables to be variables are changed, changed, measured and measured and controlled controlled (SAFETY, CONTROLLING accurate collection of data • VARIABLES, and RESULTS TABLE) Data following of following of conventions construction of partial construction of partial construction of • • • • • (GRAPH) representations of data conventions to to construct representations of data representations of data construct accurate representations of data to to reveal and analyse to partially reveal patterns and trends patterns and trends representations of reveal and analyse data to reveal and patterns and trends analyse patterns and trends
Year 8 Science standard elaborations - Evolution A B C D E The folio of student work has the following characteristics. Science Understanding Biological Sciences (PART B) • justified explanation of the processes that underpin heredity and evolution • informed explanation of the processes that underpin heredity and evolution • explanation of the processes that underpin heredity and evolution • description of the processes that underpin heredity and evolution • statements about heredity, evolution and diversity of life Science Inquiry Skills Questioning (HYPOTHESIS) - Planning and conducting (SAFETY, CONTROLLING VARIABLES, and RESULTS TABLE) Data (GRAPH) • making of justified predictions • making of plausible predictions • making of predictions with reasons • making of predictions • using predictions provided. • planning of investigations that: − describe the implications of safety and ethics considerations − identify and describe how variables are changed, measured and controlled • accurate collection of data • planning of investigations that: − consider safety and ethics − identify variables to be changed, measured and controlled • partial planning of investigations that: consider safety and ethics identify variables to be changed, measured and controlled • use of provided investigations methods • identification of safety considerations • following of conventions to construct accurate representations of data to reveal and analyse patterns and trends • following of conventions to construct representations of data to reveal and analyse patterns and trends • construction of representations of data to reveal and analyse patterns and trends • partial construction of representations of data to partially reveal patterns and trends • partial construction of representations of data