AC9S10H03 Year 10 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.

analyse the key factors that contribute to science knowledge and practices being adopted more broadly by society

Elaborations

• 1 investigating why agricultural practices have changed to include widespread use of genetically engineered crops
• 2 examining statistics to compare bicycle or electric scooter injuries sustained by riders with and without helmets and relating these to helmet wearing requirements
• 3 discussing examples of the application of genetic screening and reasons for the adoption of the practice by groups in society
• 4 examining why climate change models used by scientists are contested by some people in society
• 5 discussing citizen science projects such as the GLOBE Project or others of local relevance and examining why people would choose to be involved
• 6 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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