Level 7 - Level 8

Science Understanding

• 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 (VCSSU089)
• Science and technology contribute to finding solutions to a range of contemporary issues; these solutions may impact on other areas of society and involve ethical considerations (VCSSU090)
• Interactions between organisms can be described in terms of food chains and food webs and can be affected by human activity (VCSSU093)
• Mixtures, including solutions, contain a combination of pure substances that can be separated using a range of techniques (VCSSU095)
• The properties of the different states of matter can be explained in terms of the motion and arrangement of particles (VCSSU096)
• Chemical change involves substances reacting to form new substances (VCSSU098)
• Change to an object’s motion is caused by unbalanced forces acting on the object; Earth’s gravity pulls objects towards the centre of Earth (VCSSU103)
• Energy appears in different forms including movement
• (kinetic energy), heat, light, chemical energy and potential energy; devices can change energy from one form to another (VCSSU104)
• Light can form images using the reflective feature of curved mirrors and the refractive feature of lenses, and can disperse to produce a spectrum which is part of a larger spectrum of radiation (VCSSU105)
• The properties of sound can be explained by a wave model (VCSSU106)

Science Inquiry Skills

• Identify questions, problems and claims that can be investigated scientifically and make predictions based on scientific knowledge (VCSIS107)
• Collaboratively and individually plan and conduct a range of investigation types, including fieldwork and experiments, ensuring safety and ethical guidelines are followed (VCSIS108)
• In fair tests, measure and control variables, and select equipment to collect data with accuracy appropriate to the task (VCSIS109)
• Use scientific knowledge and findings from investigations to identify relationships, evaluate claims and draw conclusions (VCSIS111)
• Communicate ideas, findings and solutions to problems including identifying impacts and limitations of conclusions and using appropriate scientific language and representations (VCSIS113)

Design and Technologies

• Analyse how motion, force and energy are used to manipulate and control electromechanical systems when creating simple, engineered solutions(VCDSTC045)
• Analyse ways to create designed solutions through selecting and combining characteristics and properties of materials, systems, components, tools and equipment (VCDSTC048)

Creating Designed Solutions

• Critique needs or opportunities for designing and investigate, analyse and select from a range of materials, components, tools, equipment and processes to develop design ideas (VCDSCD049)
• Generate, develop and test design ideas, plans and processes using appropriate technical terms and technologies including graphical representation techniques (VCDSCD050)
• Independently develop criteria for success to evaluate design ideas, processes and solutions and their sustainability (VCDSCD052)

Data and Information

• Investigate how digital systems represent text, image and sound data in binary (VCDTDI036)

Creating Digital Solutions

• Design the user experience of a digital system, generating, evaluating and communicating alternative designs (VCDTCD041)
• Design algorithms represented diagrammatically and in English, and trace algorithms to predict output for a given input and to identify errors (VCDTCD042)
• Develop and modify programs with user interfaces involving branching, iteration and functions using a general-purpose programming language(VCDTCD043)
• Evaluate how well student-developed solutions and existing information systems meet needs, are innovative and take account of future risks and sustainability (VCDTCD044)

Number and Algebra

• Connect fractions, decimals and percentages and carry out simple conversions (VCMNA247)
• Solve a range of problems involving rates and ratios, including distance-time problems for travel at a constant speed, with and without digital technologies(VCMNA277)

Measurement and Geometry

• Investigate the relationship between features of circles such as circumference, area, radius and diameter. Use formulas to solve problems involving determining radius, diameter, circumference and area from each other (VCMMG288)