7–10Science 7–10 Syllabus (2023)
The new Science 7–10 Syllabus (2023) is to be implemented from 2026. The Science 7–10 Syllabus (2018) will not be available after December 2027.
2026 – Start teaching the 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.
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Identify the role of the digestive, circulatory, respiratory and excretory systems of humans, and name the major organs
Draw or annotate representations of Loading 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 Loading or Loading 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 Loading and Loading , 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 Loading
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Identify how Loading and energy are cycled through an ecosystem
Create a Loading and Loading based on local area Loading 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 Loading
Examine Loading Loading on the factors that change populations, including the introduction of a new Loading to an ecosystem, to identify trends, patterns and relationships, and draw conclusions
Investigate factors that lead to a species becoming Loading or Loading to explain why Australia has some of the world’s highest rates of species population decline and extinction