Year 7 Science

The Australian Curriculum: Classroom Approaches science units were originally designed to align with Version 3 of the Australian Curriculum (2012) but have recently been updated to align with Version 9 (2024). The four units provide adaptable and scalable learning pathways that can be shaped for use in diverse classroom contexts, and hopefully provide inspiration for locally developed units of work for other depth studies and areas of the curriculum. Click the "Download Year 7 Units" button to get a PDF of the units outlined below.

Year 7 Units Overview

UNIT ONE: PLANNING THE PLANET

  • Enduring Understandings:

    • It is the motion of the Earth in space that causes day, night, and the seasons.

    • Scientists can explain some of the causes of environmental changes that lead to natural disasters.

    • Environmental changes affect the lives of humans.

    • There are a variety of methods available for investigating scientific questions.

  • Performance Task: Oral Presentation (may include ICT) with practical component/report. Individual.

  • Australian Curriculum Codes: AC9S7H01, AC9S7H02, AC9S7H03, AC9S7H04, AC9S7U03, AC9S8U03*, AC9S8U04*

  • General Capabilities: Literacy, Numeracy, ICT, Critical and Creative Thinking, Ethical Behaviour, Personal and Social Competence

UNIT TWO: ROBOTS AND MACHINES

  • Enduring Understandings:

    • Objects move when the forces acting on them are not balanced.

    • Simple machines make tasks easier by reducing the effort required.

    • Complex machines and robots are made up of simple machines.

    • A webpage is a text with features designed to make it useful.

  • Performance Task: Layout for a webpage. Individual & group.

  • Australian Curriculum Codes: AC9S7H01, AC9S7H02, AC9S7H03, AC9S7H04, AC9S7U04

  • General Capabilities: Literacy, Numeracy, ICT, Critical and Creative Thinking, Personal and Social Competence, Ethical Behaviour

UNIT THREE: ECOSYSTEM STUDY

  • Enduring Understandings:

    • Science knowledge can help us sustain life on Earth.

    • Habitat protection is vital to sustainability.

    • Science provides evidence that can be used to support an argument.

  • Performance Task: A petition that presents an argument supported by evidence for the protection/rehabilitation of an identified site. Group.

  • Australian Curriculum Codes: AC9S7H01, AC9S7H03, AC9S7U01, AC9S7U02

  • General Capabilities: Literacy, Numeracy, Ethical Behaviour, Personal and Social Competence, Intercultural Understanding

UNIT FOUR: MINING

  • Enduring Understandings:

    • Science knowledge can help us sustain life on Earth.

    • Science provides evidence that can be used to support an argument.

    • Matter can be rearranged through chemical change.

    • Continental movement involves energy and forces.

  • Performance Task: Feature article discussing both sides of a selected mining issue. Individual.

  • Australian Curriculum Codes: AC9S7H01, AC9S7H02, AC9S7H03, AC9S7H04, AC9S7U02, AC9S7U05, AC9S7U06, AC9S8U03*

  • General Capabilities: Literacy, Numeracy, ICT, Creative and Critical Thinking, Personal and Social Competence, Ethical Behaviour, Intercultural Understanding

  • indicates that this outcome appears in the Australian Curriculum: Science for either the previous or following year.

Alternatively, if you prefer to create your own unit of work, please click the 'DIY Design Template' button below to download an attached Word document template.