People use scientific knowledge to evaluate whether they accept claims, explanations or predictions, and advances in science can affect people's lives, including generating new career opportunities

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Sinking Island

This online resource looks at the consequence of rising sea levels.

The resource is a web page that focuses on the specific problems facing the Pacific island nation of Kirabati.

The web page provides a teacher's guide and resources that focus on teaching students how to use their knowledge and understanding of scientific principles to evaluate evidence and make value judgements based on scientific data about the causes and impacts of rising sea levels.

Two degrees?

This online resource focuses on climate change and its effects.

The resource gives details for a sequence of two lessons that focus on potential effects of climate change.

Students examine scientific evidence using an inquiry approach.

The package includes 2 lesson plans and a teacher guide.

Australian Curriculum v9 Codes: AC9S10U04 (Year 10)

Climate Science: What You Need to Know

This online resource deals with the effects of climate change.

The video examines the science of climate change and summarises the evidence that climate change is happening and that human activities are driving climate change. It also debunks arguments used by climate change skeptics and provides clear scientific explanations to refute those arguments.

The Future of Plastics

This online resource looks at plastics and their future use in Australia.

The resource provides information on the current status and future use of plastics and examines the need for a new source of plastics that reduces the pressure on demand for fossil fuels in their production and the impact of this use of fossil fuels on the environment.

A new range of plastics known as bioplastics are introduced and detailed information about their origins and their differing abilities to decompose safely in the environment is provided.

Expansion of the Universe - Year 10 CLE

This online resource looks at cosmology.

The resource is a Connected Learning Experience (CLE) to help teachers teach the concepts concerned with the Big Bang theory to Year 10 students.

Description:

In this investigation, Edwin Hubble’s observations will be examined as evidence for the Big Bang theory. In 1929, Hubble discovered that the light from distant galaxies was red shifted and that the further a galaxy is from Earth, the faster it is moving away. This was evidence for the expansion of the universe following the Big Bang.

Doing Science Investigations: Student Guide - Science by Doing

This online resource helps develop skills for science investigations.

The resource is a general unit of work suitable for all years of high school that can be used to help students develop the skills necessary to complete their own open-ended science investigations.

These skills are directly related to the Science Inquiry Skills found in the Australian Curriculum: Science and supports the CSIRO CREativity in Science and Technology (CREST) program.

Australian Curriculum v9 Codes: AC9S7U04 (Year 7)

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