Science Understanding
Year 7
Biological Sciences:
Interactions between organisms, including the effects of human activities can be represented by food chains and food webs (ACSSU112)
Earth and Space Sciences:
Some of the Earth’s resources are renewable but others are non-renewable (ACSU116)
Year 8
Chemical Sciences:
Properties of the different states of matter can be explained in terms of the motion and arrangement of particles (ACSSU151)
Physical Sciences:
Energy appears in different forms, including movement, heat and potential energy, and energy transformations and transfers cause change within systems (ACSSU155)
Year 9
Biological Sciences:
Ecosystems consist of communities of interdependent organisms and abiotic components of the environment; matter and energy flow through these systems (ACSSU176)
Chemical Sciences:
Chemical reactions, including combustion and the reactions of acids, are important in both non-living and living systems and involve energy transfer (ACSSU179)
Year 10
Earth and Space Sciences:
Global systems, including the carbon cycle, rely on interactions involving the biosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere (ACSSU189)
Physical Sciences:
Energy conservation in a system can be explained by describing energy transfers and transformations (ACSSU190)