Science / Year 10 / Science as a Human Endeavour / Nature and development of science

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Curriculum content descriptions

Advances in scientific understanding often rely on technological advances and are often linked to scientific discoveries (ACSHE192)

Elaborations

recognising that the development of fast computers has made possible the analysis of DNA sequencing, radio astronomy signals and other data
considering how computer modelling has improved knowledge and predictability of phenomena such as climate change and atmospheric pollution
researching examples of major international scientific projects, for example the Large Hadron Collider and the International Space Station
considering how information technology can be applied to different areas of science such as bioinformatics and the Square Kilometre Array

ScOT terms

Innovation, Discovery (Observations)

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Sniffing out disease lesson

TLF-IDA002730

In this lesson, students consider contemporary research approaches to disease identification. First, they conduct an experiment to test how sensitive their sense of smell is and explore how our sense of smell functions. Students then learn about at how animals are trained to use their sense of smell to detect human disease. ...

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