AC9S10H03
Year 10
Science
AC9S10H03 | Year 10 Science: Use and influence of science
Content Descriptor
Content descriptor analyse the key factors that contribute to science knowledge and practices being adopted more broadly by society
Strand
Science as a human endeavour
Substrand
Use and influence of science
This content descriptor sets out learning for Year 10 Science. Use it to plan lessons and assessment with the Australian Curriculum v9.
Elaborations
- • Elaboration investigating why agricultural practices have changed to include widespread use of genetically engineered crops
- • Elaboration examining statistics to compare bicycle or electric scooter injuries sustained by riders with and without helmets and relating these to helmet wearing requirements
- • Elaboration discussing examples of the application of genetic screening and reasons for the adoption of the practice by groups in society
- • Elaboration examining why climate change models used by scientists are contested by some people in society
- • Elaboration discussing citizen science projects such as the GLOBE Project or others of local relevance and examining why people would choose to be involved
- • Elaboration considering how the traditional ecological knowledges of First Nations Australians are being reaffirmed by modern science and how these practices are being used by Traditional Owners in carbon farming initiatives
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