AC9S7I07 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.

construct evidence-based arguments to support conclusions or evaluate claims and consider any ethical issues and cultural protocols associated with using or citing secondary data or information

Elaborations

• 1 constructing an argument supported by evidence and reasoning to support or reject a hypothesis
• 2 drawing a logical conclusion in consideration of the method of data collection, quality of evidence and limitations or significance of a claim
• 3 exploring how to determine credibility of a source
• 4 investigating the cultural, historical and archaeological evidence used in the scientific debate about the role of early First Nations Australians in the extinction of Australian megafauna
• 5 researching the development of commercial products that are founded on the traditional knowledges and practices of First Nations Australians and discussing related ethical considerations associated with biopiracy and intellectual property rights

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