Year 8 Science standard elaborations A B C D E The folio of student work has the following characteristics: work has the following characteristics: thorough comparison and informed comparison comparison of physical description of physical statements about explanation of physical and description and chemical changes and chemical changes properties and behaviours and chemical changes of physical and of substances explanation description of the chemical changes justified explanation and prediction of the properties and sciences and justified prediction informed explanation properties and behaviours of of the properties and and plausible prediction behaviours of substances with behaviours of substances of the properties and substances using the reference to the using the particle model behaviours of particle model particle model substances using the Chemical particle model statements about energy identification of different identification of different identification recall of different forms transfers and forms of energy in simple forms of energy in of different forms of of energy transformations and complex systems simple systems energy identification of energy explanation of how energy informed description of description of how transfers and sciences transfers and how energy transfers energy transfers and transformations in transformations cause and transformations transformations cause simple systems Understanding change in simple systems, cause change in simple change in simple with progress towards systems systems Physical some that are complex Science comparison and explanation comparison and comparison of the description of the statements about the of the processes of rock description of the processes of rock processes of rock processes of rock and formation, including the processes of rock formation, including the formation formation timescales involved timescales involved formation, including the space timescales involved sciences Earth critical analysis of the informed analysis of the analysis of the relationship description of how cells, statements about cells, relationship between relationship between between structure and organs and body systems organs and body systems structure and function at cell, structure and function at function at cell, organ and function organ and body system levels cell, organ and body body system levels system levels sciences Biological
Year 8 Science standard elaborations A B C D E The folio of student work has the following characteristics: work has the following characteristics: Science Understanding Chemical sciences thorough comparison and explanation of physical and chemical changes justified explanation and justified prediction of the properties and behaviours of substances using the particle model informed comparison and description of physical and chemical changes informed explanation and plausible prediction of the properties and behaviours of substances using the particle model comparison of physical and chemical changes explanation and prediction of the properties and behaviours of substances using the particle model description of physical and chemical changes description of the properties and behaviours of substances with reference to the particle model statements about properties and behaviours of substances Physical sciences identification of different forms of energy in simple and complex systems explanation of how energy transfers and transformations cause change in simple systems, with progress towards some that are complex identification of different forms of energy in simple systems informed description of how energy transfers and transformations cause change in simple systems identification of different forms of energy description of how energy transfers and transformations cause change in simple systems recall of different forms of energy identification of energy transfers and transformations in simple systems statements about energy transfers and transformations Earth and space sciences comparison and explanation of the processes of rock formation, including the timescales involved comparison and description of the processes of rock formation, including the timescales involved comparison of the processes of rock formation, including the timescales involved description of the processes of rock formation statements about the processes of rock formation Biological sciences critical analysis of the relationship between structure and function at cell, organ and body system levels informed analysis of the relationship between structure and function at cell, organ and body system levels analysis of the relationship between structure and function at cell, organ and body system levels description of how cells, organs and body systems function statements about cells, organs and body systems
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