What students learn in AC9S9I05
This unit helps students build a clear, usable understanding of Analyse and connect a variety of data and information to.... The goal is not to memorise one answer pattern. Students should be able to explain the idea, recognise it in a new example and apply it in a short practice or worksheet task.
- Start with the main idea: analyse and connect a variety of data and information to identify and explain patterns, trends, relationships and anomalies.
- Use concrete examples, pictures, oral explanation and short written responses before moving to independent practice.
- discussing the validity of the data when extrapolating from a graph analysing representations of data from atmospheric monitoring and ice cores to identify patterns and trends in the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, highlighting inconsistencies
- Finish with mixed questions so students must choose the correct strategy rather than copy the last example.
Curriculum coverage and elaborations
The content description and elaborations below show the curriculum ideas taught in this unit. Items marked as teaching context support lesson planning but may not appear in the initial eight-question activity.
- Content description: analyse and connect a variety of data and information to identify and explain patterns, trends, relationships and anomalies
- E1: discussing the validity of the data when extrapolating from a graph
- E2: analysing representations of data from atmospheric monitoring and ice cores to identify patterns and trends in the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, highlighting inconsistencies
- E3: comparing published data with experimental data such as the sound-insulating levels of different materials and identifying any trends or patterns in differences, such as: ‘The published sound levels are usually higher than the experimentally determined levels’
- E4: analysing data on heat transfer through multiple layers of an insulating material and identifying patterns and proportional relationships, such as: ‘When the thickness of the material is doubled the amount of heat transferred is halved’
- E5: examining tables, graphs and digital simulations of radioactive decay half-life to predict changes in mass over time
How to use this unit
Read the topic guide, use the teacher slide for instruction, then complete the Worksheet, Practice and Test. These three activities use the same eight-question unit bank.
Teacher resource
AC9S9I05 teacher slide
Use this one-page PDF to introduce the key idea, vocabulary and teaching sequence before students begin the activities.
Open teacher slide (PDF)Common mistakes to watch for
- Describing what is seen without connecting it to a question, pattern or prediction.
- Using everyday words only and missing simple scientific vocabulary.
- Changing more than one thing in an investigation, which makes the comparison unfair.
International curriculum mapping
This table gives closest-topic mapping for search and planning. The Australian Curriculum code is exact; overseas entries are broad equivalents because each jurisdiction structures outcomes differently.
| Region | Curriculum | Closest mapping |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | Australian Curriculum v9.0 | AC9S9I05 — analyse and connect a variety of data and information to identify and explain patterns, trends, relationships and anomalies |
| Victoria | Victorian Curriculum F-10 | Year 9 Science: closest match in Processing, modelling and analysing. Use this page as a VIC-aligned practice and worksheet reference. |
| NSW | NSW Curriculum | Stage 5 Science: closest content focus for Analyse and connect a variety of data and information to... and related outcomes. |
| United States | Common Core / NGSS | Grade 9 NGSS science closest topic match for Analyse and connect a variety of data and information to.... |
| England / UK | National Curriculum | Key Stage 3 / Year 9: closest programme-of-study match for Analyse and connect a variety of data and information to.... |
| Canada | Provincial and territory curricula | Grade 9 closest topic match. Canada varies by province, so use this as a broad Ontario/BC-style learning outcome reference. |
| New Zealand | New Zealand Curriculum | Level 5 Science: closest achievement-objective topic for Analyse and connect a variety of data and information to.... |
| India | NCERT / CBSE | Class 9 closest NCERT/CBSE topic match for Analyse and connect a variety of data and information to.... |