Australian Curriculum Links Science – Year 7 Science Understanding Science as a Human Science Inquiry Skills Endeavour Biological sciences Nature and development of Planning and conducting science There are differences within Collaboratively and individually plan of and between groups and conduct a range of investigation Scientific knowledge organisms; classification helps types, including fieldwork and changes as new evidence organise this diversity experiments, ensuring safety and becomes available, and ethical guidelines are followed some scientific discoveries Interactions between In fair tests, measure and control have significantly changed organisms can be described in variables, and select equipment to of people’s understanding terms of food chains and food collect data with accuracy the world webs; human activity can appropriate to the task Science knowledge can affect these interactions develop through Processing and analysing data and Chemical sciences collaboration and information connecting ideas across Mixtures, including solutions, the disciplines of science Construct and use a range of contain a combination of pure representations, including graphs, Use and influence of substances that can be keys and models to represent and separated using a range of science analyse patterns or relationships, techniques including using digital technologies Science and technology Earth and space sciences as appropriate contribute to finding Summarise data, from solutions to a range of students’ own Some of resources are Earth’s investigations and secondary contemporary issues; renewable, but others are sources, and use scientific these solutions may impact understanding to identify on other areas of society Water is an important resource relationships and draw conclusions and involve ethical that cycles through the considerations Evaluating environment Science understanding influences the development Reflect on the method used to of practices in areas of investigate a question or solve a human activity such as problem, including evaluating the industry, agriculture and quality of the data collected, and marine and terrestrial identify improvements to the method resource management Use scientific knowledge and findings from investigations to evaluate claims Communicating Communicate ideas, findings and solutions to problems using scientific language and representations using digital technologies as appropriate
Australian Curriculum Links Science – Year 7 Science Understanding Science as a Human Endeavour Science Inquiry Skills Biological sciences There are differences within and between groups of organisms; classification helps organise this diversity Interactions between organisms can be described in terms of food chains and food webs; human activity can affect these interactions Chemical sciences Mixtures, including solutions, contain a combination of pure substances that can be separated using a range of techniques Earth and space sciences Some of Earth’s resources are renewable, but others are Water is an important resource that cycles through the environment Nature and development of science Scientific knowledge changes as new evidence becomes available, and some scientific discoveries have significantly changed people’s understanding of the world Science knowledge can develop through collaboration and connecting ideas across the disciplines of science Use and influence of science Science and technology contribute to finding solutions to a range of contemporary issues; these solutions may impact on other areas of society and involve ethical considerations Science understanding influences the development of practices in areas of human activity such as industry, agriculture and marine and terrestrial resource management Planning and conducting Collaboratively and individually plan and conduct a range of investigation types, including fieldwork and experiments, ensuring safety and ethical guidelines are followed In fair tests, measure and control variables, and select equipment to collect data with accuracy appropriate to the task Processing and analysing data and information Construct and use a range of representations, including graphs, keys and models to represent and analyse patterns or relationships, including using digital technologies as appropriate Summarise data, from students’ own investigations and secondary sources, and use scientific understanding to identify relationships and draw conclusions Evaluating Reflect on the method used to investigate a question or solve a problem, including evaluating the quality of the data collected, and identify improvements to the method Use scientific knowledge and findings from investigations to evaluate claims Communicating Communicate ideas, findings and solutions to problems using scientific language and representations using digital technologies as appropriate
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