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Science / Year 8 / Science as a Human Endeavour / Nature and development of science
Curriculum content descriptions
Scientific knowledge has changed peoples’ understanding of the world and is refined as new evidence becomes available (ACSHE134)
Elaborations
- investigating developments in the understanding of cells and how this knowledge has impacted on areas such as health and medicine
- discovering how people’s understanding of the nature of matter has changed over time as evidence for particle theory has become available through developments in technology
- considering how the idea of elements has developed over time as knowledge of the nature of matter has improved
- investigating the development of the microscope and the impact it has had on the understanding of cell functions and division
ScOT terms
Evidence, Paradigms, Observations (Data)