AC9S9H03 Year 9 Science

This Content Descriptor from Year 9 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.

analyse the key factors that contribute to science knowledge and practices being adopted more broadly by society

Elaborations

• 1 researching citizen science projects related to public health and examining why people would choose to be involved
• 2 investigating how the practices adopted by society based on research by Australian Dr Helen Mayo led to a reduction in infant mortality
• 3 examining how assisted reproductive technologies have become widely used since their initial development
• 4 examining how government initiatives such as Landcare support adoption of effective land restoration practices that improve soil quality and increase carbon sequestration in soils
• 5 investigating how First Nations Australians’ fire management practices are informing and being adopted in contemporary fire management
• 6 analysing factors that have led to the adoption of solar panels and battery storage by individuals, industries and communities
• 7 investigating how an understanding of materials and concern for the environment have led to the adoption of widespread recycling practices

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