Australia Year 8 science curriculum
The Year 8 science outcomes we teach, in the curriculum's own words, with the lessons and practice pages for each. Pick an outcome code for the full list of lessons and printables.
Australian Curriculum: Science, version 9.0. Every lesson comes with a printable teacher guide and student sheet.
Science understanding
AC9S8U01 Recognise cells as the basic units of living things, compare plant and animal cells, and describe the functions of specialised cell structures and organelles. Taught in lessons 1 and 2.
Lessons: Cells: The Smallest Living Things
AC9S8U05 Classify different types of energy as kinetic or potential and investigate energy transfer and transformations in simple systems. Taught in lessons 2 and 3, wind and solar.
Lessons: Power Up: Where Electricity Comes From (Where does our classroom's electricity come from?, Can the wind power our school?, Why don't we use solar power everywhere?)
Practice: Power Up: Where Electricity Comes From workbook · Simple Circuits: Make It Light Up workbook
AC9S8U07 Compare physical and chemical changes and identify indicators of energy change in chemical reactions. Taught in lesson 1.
Lessons: Kitchen Chemistry (Is it a new substance?, Where does the mass go?, Can red cabbage tell acid from base?)
Practice: Kitchen Chemistry workbook
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