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title: "Year 7 Science"
site: "Scotch Global Connect"
url: "https://global.scotch.wa.edu.au/connect/courses/year-8-science"
description: "Students explore the diversity of life on Earth and continue to develop their understanding of the role of classification in ordering and organising information."
published: "2023-10-02"
updated: "2024-02-01"
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# Year 7 Science

Students explore the diversity of life on Earth and continue to develop their understanding of the role of classification in ordering and organising information.
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## Year 8 Science

Course overview

## The science inquiry skills and science as a human endeavour strands are described across a two-year band.

####  Students cover the areas of Science including Physical Science, Biology, Chemistry and Earth and Space Science.

#### In Year 8, students explore the diversity of life on Earth and continue to develop their understanding of the role of classification in ordering and organising information. They use and develop models such as food chains, food webs and the water cycle to represent and [analyse](https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/teaching/curriculum-browser/science-v8/overview/glossary/analyse "Display the glossary entry for analyse") the flow of energy and [matter](https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/teaching/curriculum-browser/science-v8/overview/glossary/matter "Display the glossary entry for matter") through ecosystems and explore the impact of changing components within these systems. They consider the interaction between multiple forces when explaining changes in an object’s motion. They explore the notion of renewable and non-renewable resources and consider how this classification depends on the timescale considered. They investigate relationships in the Earth-sun-moon [system](https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/teaching/curriculum-browser/science-v8/overview/glossary/system "Display the glossary entry for system") and use models to predict and explain events. Students make accurate measurements and control variables to [analyse](https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/teaching/curriculum-browser/science-v8/overview/glossary/analyse "Display the glossary entry for analyse") relationships between [system](https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/teaching/curriculum-browser/science-v8/overview/glossary/system "Display the glossary entry for system") components. They explore and explain these relationships through appropriate representations and consider the role of science in decision making processes.

## Topics

- Science
- Senior school teacher
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