JAPANESE – YEAR 8

SCIENCE

YEAR 8 LAUREL SCIENCE

CORE SUBJECT – TWO SEMESTERS

Achievement Standard

In Year 8 Laurel Science students continue to develop their understanding of scientific concepts across the major science disciplines of Biological sciences, Chemical sciences, Earth and Space sciences and Physical sciences as well as developing experimental, research, critical thinking and application skills.

Students will undertake a science research project, which may be submitted into the Science Talent Search competition. These open investigations will enable students to continue refining their science inquiry skills by designing questions that can be investigated and then analysed.

Students will be exposed to current science research and its human application will be used to motivate and engage them by attending Fresh Science Forum. As an extension of the scientific knowledge and understanding students will take part in the International Competition and Assessment for Schools (ICAS) Competition and participate in Active Earth SPECTRA (Science Program Exciting Children Through Research Activities) Awards.

Victorian Curriculum Strands:

The Science discipline has two interrelated strands, each with their own sub-strands:

Science Understanding

● Science has a human endeavour ● Scientific knowledge and understanding of the world changes as new evidence becomes available; science knowledge can develop through collaboration and connecting ideas across the disciplines and practice of science ● Science and technology contribute to finding solutions to a range of contemporary issues

Biological Sciences

● Multi-cellular organisms contain systems of organs that carry out specialised functions that enablethem to survive and reproduce ● Multi-cellular organisms rely on coordinated and interdependent internal systems to respond tochanges to their environment

Chemical Sciences

●Differences between elements, compounds and mixtures can be described at a particle level ●Chemical changes involve substances reacting to form new substances ●All matter is made of atoms which are composed of protons, neutrons and electrons; Natural radioactivity arises from the decay of nuclei in atoms

● Earth & Space Sciences

●Sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rocks contain minerals and are formed by processes that occur within Earth over a variety of timescales ●The theory of plate tectonics explains global patterns of geological activity and continental movement