Science / Levels 7 and 8 / Science Understanding / Science as a human endeavour
Content description
Scientific knowledge and understanding of the world changes as new evidence becomes available; science knowledge can develop through collaboration and connecting ideas across the disciplines and practice of science
Elaborations
investigating how advances in telescopes and space probes have provided new evidence about space
investigating how the development of microscopes has changed understanding of cell function and malfunction, and how this has led to improved medical treatments for disease
investigating how knowledge of the location and extraction of mineral resources relies on expertise from across the disciplines of science
considering how advances in technology, combined with scientific understanding of the functioning of body systems, has enabled organ repair and replacement
investigating how land management practices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples can help inform sustainable management of the environment
Code
VCSSU089
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