AC9S10H02 Year 10 Science

AC9S10H02 – Year 10 Science: Nature and development of science

Strand

Science as a human endeavour

Substrand

Nature and development of science

This Content Descriptor from Year 10 Science provides the specific knowledge and skills students should learn. Use it to plan lessons, create learning sequences, and design assessments that align with the Australian Curriculum v9.

Content Descriptor

investigate how advances in technologies enable advances in science, and how science has contributed to developments in technologies and engineering

Elaborations

• examining karyotypes and applications of gene technologies, such as gene therapy and genetic engineering and biotechnologies used to produce therapeutic proteins
• recognising that the development of fast computers has made possible the analysis of DNA sequencing, radio astronomy signals and other data generated by major international science projects such as the Event Horizon Telescope, Large Hadron Collider, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory and the Square Kilometre Array
• considering how computer modelling has improved knowledge and predictability of phenomena such as climate change and atmospheric pollution
• investigating how satellites generate global data including ocean temperatures, sea levels and forest and ice cover and examining how that data is used to evaluate the effects of climate change
• researching how an understanding of the way DNA stores data has been applied to DNA bar coding to accelerate the pace of research in fields such as chemical engineering, materials science and nanotechnology
• examining how the recent use of female crash test dummies has shown women are at greater risk of injury in a car accident and considering implications for changing car safety features
• exploring how the development of new materials and thin films has led to better computer chips and solar cells

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• investigating how the development of superstrong, lighter alloys has enabled engineers to improve structural components in building, transportation and industry and to design products such as improved protective armour for police and soldiers

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 10 ASSCIY10

Year 10 Science Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 10 students explain the processes that underpin heredity and genetic diversity and describe the evidence supporting the theory of evolution by natural selection. They sequence key events in the origin and evolution of the universe and describe the supporting evidence for the big bang theory. They describe trends in patterns of global climate change and identify causal factors. They explain how Newton’s laws describe motion and apply them to predict motion of objects in a system. They explain patterns and trends in the periodic table and predict the products of reactions and the effect of changing reactant and reaction conditions. Students analyse the importance of publication and peer review in the development of scientific knowledge and analyse the relationship between science, technologies and engineering. They analyse the key factors that influence interactions between science and society. Students plan and conduct safe, valid and reproducible investigations to test relationships or develop explanatory models. They explain how they have addressed any ethical and intercultural considerations when generating or using primary and secondary data. They select equipment and use it efficiently to generate and record appropriate sample sizes and replicable data with precision. They select and construct effective representations to organise, process and summarise data and information. They analyse and connect a variety of data and information to identify and explain patterns, trends, relationships and anomalies. They evaluate the validity and reproducibility of methods, and the validity of conclusions and claims. They construct logical arguments based on analysis of a variety of evidence to support conclusions and evaluate claims. They select and use content, language and text features effectively to achieve their purpose when communicating their ideas, findings and arguments to diverse audiences.