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Curriculum content descriptions

Measure and control variables, select equipment appropriate to the task and collect data with accuracy (ACSIS141)

Elaborations

using specialised equipment to increase the accuracy of measurement within an investigation
identifying and explaining the differences between controlled, dependent and independent variables

General capabilities

Numeracy

ScOT terms

Data collection, Instrumentation (Technology), Independence (Experiments), Scientific control

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Mapping the ocean floor

TLF-IDA004004

This activity builds understanding of sonar technique and applications through processing and plotting data to discover a seafloor feature and by bouncing balls on different surfaces and analysing rebound, relating this to ground hardness then extend understanding to 'backscatter' in bathymetry surveys. It is suitable for ...

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