Living World
Systems inside the body and inside the leaf: how organisms obtain and use the matter and energy they need.
- The digestive system
- Respiration in cells
- The circulatory system
NSW Science Stage 4 (Year 8) substrands - Living World, Chemical World, Physical World, Earth and Space - expressed in Dux teaching language.
Dux tracks each dot point separately, so “I did Science Year 8” becomes a list of specific things you can already do and specific things you have never been asked. Open a module for all of its dot points, written out.
Systems inside the body and inside the leaf: how organisms obtain and use the matter and energy they need.
Atoms and molecules, the difference between a compound and a mixture, and evidence that a reaction happened.
Energy as something that can be measured and transferred, and the basic behaviour of circuits and magnets.
Earth as a changing system: rocks, resources, plate movement and the atmosphere.
A Science Year 8 paper is not one question type repeated. Each command word asks for a different shape of answer, and each is worth a different number of marks.
| Command word | Question type | Marks |
|---|---|---|
| calculate | Calculation | 2–4 |
| describe | Short answer | 2–3 |
| evaluate | Extended response | 4–6 |
| explain | Short answer | 3–4 |
| identify | Multiple choice | 1 |
| predict | Multiple choice | 1 |
Year 8 Assessment Task Shape — 50 marks, 75 minutes. Practice papers in Dux are assembled to this shape rather than invented, so the timing is training too.
Diagnostic first, then questions written in the shape this course uses. Written answers come back marked against the bands, not just scored.