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investigate how advances in technologies enable advances in science, and how science has contributed to developments in technologies and engineering (AC9S10H02)

Elaborations
  • examining karyotypes and applications of gene technologies, such as gene therapy and genetic engineering and biotechnologies used to produce therapeutic proteins
  • recognising that the development of fast computers has made possible the analysis of DNA sequencing, radio astronomy signals and other data generated by major international science projects such as the Event Horizon Telescope, Large Hadron Collider, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory and the Square Kilometre Array
  • considering how computer modelling has improved knowledge and predictability of phenomena such as climate change and atmospheric pollution
  • investigating how satellites generate global data including ocean temperatures, sea levels and forest and ice cover and examining how that data is used to evaluate the effects of climate change
  • researching how an understanding of the way DNA stores data has been applied to DNA bar coding to accelerate the pace of research in fields such as chemical engineering, materials science and nanotechnology
  • examining how the recent use of female crash test dummies has shown women are at greater risk of injury in a car accident and considering implications for changing car safety features
  • exploring how the development of new materials and thin films has led to better computer chips and solar cells
  • investigating how the development of superstrong, lighter alloys has enabled engineers to improve structural components in building, transportation and industry and to design products such as improved protective armour for police and soldiers
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and Creative Thinking
ScOT terms

Discovery (Observations),  Innovation

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