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This page separates Year 10 science from the Year 7-9 catalogue. Public topic and subtopic labels use ACARA-V9 Year 10 science strands and AC-coded curriculum references.

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Year 10

Topic	Year 10
Science as a human endeavour	1. Validation and peer review (AC9S10H01) Official curriculum: Explain how scientific knowledge is validated and refined, including the role of publication and peer review text • Use publication, peer review, reproducibility and refinement of scientific knowledge in evidence-based contexts.• For harder questions, ask students to evaluate how validation processes improve confidence in scientific claims. 2. Technology and science advances (AC9S10H02) Official curriculum: Investigate how advances in technologies enable advances in science, and how science has contributed to developments in technologies and engineering text • Use reciprocal links between science, technology and engineering with one clearly evidence-based best answer.• For harder questions, ask students to evaluate how a technology enabled new evidence or how science contributed to a technological advance. 3. Science adoption in society (AC9S10H03) Official curriculum: Analyse the key factors that contribute to science knowledge and practices being adopted more broadly by society text • Use evidence, communication, trust, regulation and community uptake of science practices rather than opinion-only prompts.• For harder questions, ask students to evaluate factors that affect whether scientific knowledge is adopted more broadly by society. 4. Society and research priorities (AC9S10H04) Official curriculum: Examine how the values and needs of society influence the focus of scientific research text • Use social priorities, community needs, ethics or funding focus to explain why some research areas are prioritised.• For harder questions, ask students to evaluate how society influences the focus, application or communication of scientific research.
Science inquiry	1. Questions, predictions and models (AC9S10I01) Official curriculum: Develop investigable questions, reasoned predictions and hypotheses to test relationships and develop explanatory models text diagram • Use investigable questions, justified predictions, hypotheses and explanatory models in realistic school science contexts.• For harder questions, ask students to choose a testable question, refine a hypothesis or link a labelled model to a predicted relationship. 2. Valid investigations and risk (AC9S10I02) Official curriculum: Plan and conduct valid, reproducible investigations to answer questions and test hypotheses, including identifying and controlling for possible sources of error and, as appropriate, developing and following risk assessments, considering ethical issues, and addressing key considerations regarding heritage sites and artefacts on Country/Place text • Use valid and reproducible investigation design, variable control, risk assessment, ethics and possible sources of error.• For harder questions, ask students to evaluate reproducibility, validity, variable control or sources of error in a method. 3. Precise data collection (AC9S10I03) Official curriculum: Select and use equipment to generate and record data with precision to obtain useful sample sizes and replicable data, using digital tools as appropriate text • Use equipment choice, precision, sample size, replicable data and suitable digital tools in practical science contexts.• For harder questions, ask students to justify measurement choices, precision, sample size or equipment selection. 4. Data representations (AC9S10I04) Official curriculum: Select and construct appropriate representations, including tables, graphs, descriptive statistics, models and mathematical relationships, to organise and process data and information text diagram graph • Use selecting or constructing tables, graphs, statistics or models to organise data with one clearly best representation choice.• For harder questions, ask students to interpret which graph, model or representation best reveals a pattern, relationship or limitation. 5. Patterns, trends and anomalies (AC9S10I05) Official curriculum: Analyse and connect a variety of data and information to identify and explain patterns, trends, relationships and anomalies text graph • Use analysis of multiple sources of data to identify patterns, trends, relationships and anomalies at Year 10 level.• For harder questions, ask students to connect data, explain anomalies or choose the conclusion most strongly supported by evidence. 6. Validity and reproducibility (AC9S10I06) Official curriculum: Assess the validity and reproducibility of methods and evaluate the validity of conclusions and claims, including by identifying assumptions, conflicting evidence and areas of uncertainty text • Use validity, reproducibility, assumptions, uncertainty and conflicting evidence when evaluating scientific claims.• For harder questions, ask students to judge whether conclusions are justified and identify the most important limitation or uncertainty. 7. Evidence-based arguments (AC9S10I07) Official curriculum: Construct arguments based on analysis of a variety of evidence to support conclusions or evaluate claims, and consider any ethical issues and cultural protocols associated with accessing, using or citing secondary data or information text • Use evidence-based arguments, claim evaluation, and ethical or cultural considerations in using secondary information.• For harder questions, ask students to evaluate a claim using multiple pieces of evidence and source limitations. 8. Communicating findings (AC9S10I08) Official curriculum: Write and create texts to communicate ideas, findings and arguments effectively for identified purposes and audiences, including selection of appropriate content, language and text features, using digital tools as appropriate text diagram graph • Use audience, purpose, scientific language and suitable text features when communicating findings or arguments.• For harder questions, ask students to choose the clearest evidence-based wording, graph, model or communication format for a stated audience.
Science understanding	1. Genetics and inheritance (AC9S10U01) Official curriculum: Explain the role of meiosis and mitosis and the function of chromosomes, DNA and genes in heredity, and predict patterns of Mendelian inheritance text diagram • Use heredity, DNA, chromosomes, genes, mitosis, meiosis and Mendelian inheritance at clear Year 10 level.• For harder questions, include inheritance models, simple diagrams, meiosis/mitosis comparisons, genetic evidence and prediction of inheritance patterns. 2. Evolution by natural selection (AC9S10U02) Official curriculum: Use the theory of evolution by natural selection to explain past and present diversity and analyse the scientific evidence supporting the theory text graph • Use natural selection, evolution, biodiversity, adaptation and scientific evidence supporting evolution without drifting into senior biology depth.• For harder questions, include fossil, molecular, population, trait-frequency or selection-pressure evidence and ask students to evaluate an evolutionary explanation from data. 3. Big bang evidence (AC9S10U03) Official curriculum: Describe how the big bang theory models the origin and evolution of the universe and analyse the supporting evidence for the theory text diagram graph • Use the big bang theory, universe models and supporting evidence such as redshift or cosmic background radiation without drifting into senior astrophysics.• For harder questions, include simple models, evidence evaluation or graph/data interpretation linked to the origin and evolution of the universe. 4. Global climate energy flow (AC9S10U04) Official curriculum: Use models of energy flow between the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere to explain patterns of global climate change text diagram graph • Use Earth's spheres, energy flow, global systems and evidence-based climate change explanations at Year 10 level.• For harder questions, include system models, climate data, graph interpretation, claim-evidence reasoning and limitations of evidence. 5. Newton's laws (AC9S10U05) Official curriculum: Investigate Newton’s laws of motion and quantitatively analyse the relationship between force, mass and acceleration of objects text diagram graph • Use Newton's laws, force-mass-acceleration relationships, object interactions and motion reasoning at Year 10 level.• For harder questions, include force diagrams, motion graphs, simple quantitative reasoning and explanation of cause-and-effect relationships. 6. Periodic table patterns (AC9S10U06) Official curriculum: Explain how the structure and properties of atoms relate to the organisation of the elements in the periodic table text diagram • Use atomic structure, periodic-table organisation and patterns in element properties at Year 10 level without senior chemistry notation.• For harder questions, include labelled models, periodic table evidence, model reasoning and data about element properties. 7. Reaction patterns and rates (AC9S10U07) Official curriculum: Identify patterns in synthesis, decomposition and displacement reactions and investigate the factors that affect reaction rates text diagram graph • Use Year 10 synthesis, decomposition and displacement reactions, plus factors affecting reaction rates without senior chemistry depth.• For harder questions, include reaction data, rate graphs, particle diagrams, model reasoning, simple equations and evidence for reaction patterns.