VCSSU114
Scientific understanding, including models and theories, are contestable and are refined over time through a process of review by the scientific community
Elaborations
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considering how ideas about disease transmission have changed from medieval time to the present as knowledge has developed
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investigating the historical development of models of the structure of the atom
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investigating how the theory of plate tectonics developed, based on evidence from seafloor spreading and occurrence of earthquakes and volcanic activity
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recognising the contribution of Australian scientists, for example, Brian Schmidt and Penny Sackett, in the exploration and study of the Universe
VCSSU114 | Science | Levels 9 and 10 | Science Understanding | Science as a human endeavour