AC9S8H03 Year 8 Science

This Content Descriptor from Year 8 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.

examine how proposed scientific responses to contemporary issues may impact on society and explore ethical, environmental, social and economic considerations

Elaborations

• 1 researching and discussing ethical issues that arise from organ transplantation
• 2 discussing how scientists’ development of organoids has impacted on the ethical, environmental, social and economic issues that arise from using live animals in a laboratory to research diseases and treatments
• 3 investigating how scientific responses including new building materials, improved predictions and early warning systems have supported communities living in a country in the Asia-Pacific region located near plate boundaries, for example Japan, Indonesia or New Zealand
• 4 examining how the development of hybrid and solar, electric and hydrogen-powered vehicles are applications of contemporary science responses to the depletion of fossil fuels and exploring environmental considerations
• 5 exploring how the development of biodegradable materials has led to more sustainable packaging and reduction in landfill

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