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Science / Year 9 / Science as a Human Endeavour / Use and influence of science
Curriculum content descriptions
People use scientific knowledge to evaluate whether they accept claims, explanations or predictions, and advances in science can affect people’s lives, including generating new career opportunities (ACSHE160)
Elaborations
- investigating how technologies using electromagnetic radiation are used in medicine, such as in the detection and treatment of cancer
- using knowledge of science to test claims made in advertising or expressed in the media
- investigating the use of nanotechnology in medicine, such as the delivery of pharmaceuticals
- describing how science is used in the media to explain a natural event or justify actions
- evaluating claims relating to products such as electrical devices, fuels, indigestion tablets
- considering the impact of technological advances developed in Australia, such as the cochlear implant and bionic eye
- considering the impacts of human activity on an ecosystem from a range of different perspectives
- considering how communication methods are influenced by new mobile technologies that rely on electromagnetic radiation
- recognising aspects of science, engineering and technology within careers such as medicine, medical technology, telecommunications, biomechanical engineering, pharmacy and physiology
ScOT terms
Evaluation, Reasoning, Judgement