AC9S8H02 Year 8 Science

Content descriptor investigate how cultural perspectives and world views influence the development of scientific knowledge

Elaborations

• • Elaboration investigating how world views about the role of women lead to women scientists being placed in subordinate roles and ‘written out’ of history, a phenomenon known as the Matilda effect
• • Elaboration researching how cultural building techniques such as houses built of bamboo led to the development of structures and materials better able to withstand the effects of earthquakes
• • Elaboration investigating how collaboration between Swami Vivekananda and Nikola Tesla, who held different world views, led to an exploration of the relationship between mass and energy
• • Elaboration analysing how world views relating to fairness in sport have led to the development of rapid chemical tests to identify performance-enhancing drugs
• • Elaboration investigating how First Nations Australians develop material culture through holistic world views that employ multidisciplinary knowledges and skills