7–10Science 7–10 Syllabus
The new Science 7–10 Syllabus (2023) is to be implemented from 2026.
2024 and 2025 – Plan and prepare to teach the new syllabus
2026 – Start teaching new syllabus
School sectors are responsible for implementing syllabuses and are best placed to provide schools with specific guidance and information on implementation given their understanding of their individual contexts.
Content
Stage 4
Working scientifically
In this focus area, students develop skills in questioning and predicting, processing data and information, and communicating scientific ideas and concepts. Additional Working scientifically outcomes and skills may be integrated with this content.
Loading...Explain the interrelationship among cells, tissues and organs
Identify the role of the digestive, circulatory, respiratory and excretory systems of humans, and name the major organs
Draw or annotate representations of models of organ systems to describe their processes and functions
Describe how the structures of organ systems, and the specialised cells within these systems, enable them to carry out their functions
Explain how a disorder or disease affecting the components of a body system, or the removal of any component in the body system, impacts on the overall functioning of the system and the organism as a whole
Describe how the components of each body system interact to allow the efficient functioning of an organism
Determine the role, structure and function of the components of a plant, including the xylem and phloem, in maintaining plants as multicellular organisms
Use scientific tools and instruments to observe the specialised cells and tissues involved in the structure and function of plants
Identify the components that make up an ecosystem
Investigate the interactions of biotic and abiotic factors in an ecosystem
Identify how matter and energy are cycled through an ecosystem
Create a food web and ecological energy pyramid based on local area observations to describe how matter and energy move through an ecosystem
Create written texts to explain how energy pyramids show the amount of energy or matter at each trophic level
Examine secondary-source data on the factors that change populations, including the introduction of a new species to an ecosystem, to identify trends, patterns and relationships, and draw conclusions
Investigate factors that lead to a species becoming endangered or extinct to explain why Australia has some of the world’s highest rates of species population decline and extinction