Science / Year 8 / Science inquiry / Processing, modelling and analysing

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Curriculum content descriptions

select and construct appropriate representations, including tables, graphs, models and mathematical relationships, to organise and process data and information (AC9S8I04)

Elaborations
  • using simple formulas in spreadsheets to organise and process collected data
  • using visual displays of large data sets, such as maps showing the location of volcanoes and earthquakes, charts showing the structure of body systems and graphs showing variable energy production, to identify temporal and spatial relationships
  • constructing graphs using correct conventions such as naming the graph and labelling the axes, using the horizontal axis for the independent variable and the vertical axis for the dependent variable
  • constructing energy flow diagrams to represent energy changes in a system such as a rollercoaster or rocket launch
  • constructing representations of chemical and physical changes, such as creating a visual model or symbolic representation
  • collating data from a number of sources such as different groups in the class who performed the same investigation to create a summary
  • examining the strengths and limitations of representations such as physical models, diagrams and virtual simulations and selecting the most appropriate representation to use
General capabilities
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and Creative Thinking
  • Numeracy Numeracy
ScOT terms

Data representation,  Data processing,  Data analysis

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