AC9S7H04 Year 7 Science

This Content Descriptor from Year 7 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.

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

Elaborations

• 1 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
• 2 examining how science communication of endangered species has led to policies and regulations related to fishing catch and hunting limits
• 3 exploring how Dame Jane Goodall’s communication of her research resulted in changed individual viewpoints and conservation policies
• 4 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
• 5 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
• 6 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

Related Achievement Standards