Science: Year 9 – Curriculum resources

Developed in partnership with Ochre Education, these lesson resources support the use of effective, evidence-based practices and address the learning expected in the Australian curriculum. 

Overview 

Unit 1: Light and Sound

1. To describe properties of light
2. To describe reflection
3. To describe refraction
4. To describe total internal refraction
5. To describe how lenses work
6. To describe dispersion, colour and the EM spectrum
7. To understand the phenomenon of diffraction
8. To describe how sound waves propagate in air
9. To describe echoes and superposition
10. To describe how standing waves are formed
11. To understand pitch and frequency
12. To understand amplitude and volume
13. To understand the speed of sound
14. To describe the components of the ear
15. To describe hearing ranges and ultrasound

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