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Science / Year 10 / Science as a Human Endeavour / Nature and development of science
Curriculum content descriptions
Scientific understanding, including models and theories, is contestable and is refined over time through a process of review by the scientific community (ACSHE191)
Elaborations
- considering the role of different sources of evidence including biochemical, anatomical and fossil evidence for evolution by natural selection
- investigating the development of the Watson and Crick double helix model for the structure of DNA
- investigating the history and impact of developments in genetic knowledge
- investigating the development of the periodic table and how this was dependent on experimental evidence at the time
- considering the role of science in identifying and explaining the causes of climate change
- recognising that Australian scientists such as Brian Schmidt and Penny Sackett are involved in the exploration and study of the universe
General capabilities
ScOT terms
Evaluation, Theories, Dissent, Peer review