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Curriculum content descriptions

Use scientific knowledge and findings from investigations to evaluate claims based on evidence (ACSIS234)

Elaborations

identifying the scientific evidence available to evaluate claims
deciding whether or not to accept claims based on scientific evidence
identifying where science has been used to make claims relating to products and practices

General capabilities

Literacy
Critical and creative thinking

ScOT terms

Evidence, Evaluation

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Chemicals on the Great Barrier Reef

TLF-IDM016174

This program deals with a range of human impacts on the Great Barrier Reef. Herbicides from land runoff have been traced to algae and sea grasses in river mouths and coastal zones along the Great Barrier Reef. Effects include retardation of photosynthesis and growth of corals. Other pressures on the reef include high water ...

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