Year 9 Science standard elaborations A B C D E The folio of student work has the following characteristics: justified explanation of informed explanation of explanation of chemical description of chemical statements about: chemical processes and chemical processes processes and natural processes and natural chemical processes natural radioactivity in and natural radioactivity in terms of radioactivity in terms of terms of atoms and radioactivity in terms of atoms and energy atoms and energy chemical reactions sciences energy transfers atoms and energy transfers transfers transfers thorough description of description of important identification of important chemical informed description of chemical reactions chemical reactions reactions important chemical Chemical reactions thorough description of informed description of description of models of description of models of statements about energy models of energy transfer models of energy transfer energy transfer which can energy transfer which can transfer which can be applied to which can be applied to be applied to provide be applied to provide provide justified explanation provide informed explanation of phenomena description of phenomena Physical of phenomena explanation of phenomena sciences understanding justified explanation of informed explanation of explanation of global description of global statements about global global features and events in global features and events features and events in features and events with features and events and terms of geological in terms of geological terms of geological reference to geological Science processes and timescales processes and timescales processes and timescales processes and timescales space sciences Earth critical analysis of how informed analysis of how analysis of how biological description of how statements about biological systems function biological systems function systems function and biological systems function biological systems and respond to external and respond to external respond to external and respond to external changes with reference to changes with reference to changes with reference to changes interdependencies, energy interdependencies, energy interdependencies, transfers and flows of matter transfers and flows of energy transfers and sciences Biological matter flows of matter
Year 9 Science standard elaborations A B C D E The folio of student work has the following characteristics: Science understanding Chemical sciences justified explanation of chemical processes and natural radioactivity in terms of atoms and energy transfers thorough description of important chemical reactions informed explanation of chemical processes and natural radioactivity in terms of atoms and energy transfers informed description of important chemical reactions explanation of chemical processes and natural radioactivity in terms of atoms and energy transfers description of important chemical reactions description of chemical processes and natural radioactivity in terms of atoms and energy transfers identification of chemical reactions statements about: chemical processes chemical reactions Physical sciences thorough description of models of energy transfer which can be applied to provide justified explanation of phenomena informed description of models of energy transfer which can be applied to provide informed explanation of phenomena description of models of energy transfer which can be applied to provide explanation of phenomena description of models of energy transfer which can be applied to provide description of phenomena statements about energy transfer Earth and space sciences justified explanation of global features and events in terms of geological processes and timescales informed explanation of global features and events in terms of geological processes and timescales explanation of global features and events in terms of geological processes and timescales description of global features and events with reference to geological processes and timescales statements about global features and events Biological sciences critical analysis of how biological systems function and respond to external changes with reference to interdependencies, energy transfers and flows of matter informed analysis of how biological systems function and respond to external changes with reference to interdependencies, energy transfers and flows of matter analysis of how biological systems function and respond to external changes with reference to interdependencies, energy transfers and flows of matter description of how biological systems function and respond to external changes statements about biological systems
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