AC9S8H04
Year 8
Science
AC9S8H04 | Year 8 Science: Use and influence of science
Content Descriptor
Content descriptor explore the role of science communication in informing individual viewpoints and community policies and regulations
Strand
Science as a human endeavour
Substrand
Use and influence of science
This content descriptor sets out learning for Year 8 Science. Use it to plan lessons and assessment with the Australian Curriculum v9.
Elaborations
- • Elaboration investigating campaigns designed to increase rates of organ donation
- • Elaboration exploring how seismic data is collected and shared between governments across the Asia-Pacific region and how governments use this data including for tsunami alerts
- • Elaboration investigating how promotion of biodegradable materials and the importance of using them has informed individual viewpoints
- • Elaboration researching how science organisations and high-profile science communicators such as Professor Lisa Harvey-Smith or Dr Karl Kruszelnicki influence people’s attitudes to science
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