AC9S7H04 Year 7 Science

Content descriptor explore the role of science communication in informing individual viewpoints and community policies and regulations

Elaborations

• • Elaboration investigating how, through two-way approaches, First Nations Australians are communicating their knowledge and viewpoints, such as Caring for Country and Place initiatives to influence related policies
• • Elaboration examining how science communication of endangered species has led to policies and regulations related to fishing catch and hunting limits
• • Elaboration exploring how Dame Jane Goodall’s communication of her research resulted in changed individual viewpoints and conservation policies
• • Elaboration examining how global reporting on high-impact weather events such as cyclones, tidal surges and heatwaves has led to the development of warning systems and evacuation policies
• • Elaboration reflecting on the role of contemporary First Nations Australians astronomers and astrophysicists, such as Wiradjuri astrophysicist and science communicator Kirsten Banks, in promoting First Nations astronomy knowledges and understandings
• • Elaboration investigating how science communication of the impact of waste materials on the environment has led to the adoption of community policies for separating household waste and encouraged other recycling initiatives