Scientific understanding, including models and theories, is contestable and is refined over time through a process of review by the scientific communityElaborationsconsidering the role of different sources of evidence including biochemical, anatomical and fossil evidence for evolution by natural sel...
Scientific understanding, including models and theories, is contestable and is refined over time through a process of review by the scientific community
Elaborations
considering the role of different sources of evidence including biochemical, anatomical and fossil evidence for evolution by natural selection (Skills: Critical and Creative Thinking)
investigating the development of the Watson and Crick double helix model for the structure of DNA (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking)
investigating the history and impact of developments in genetic knowledge (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking, Ethical Understanding)
investigating the development of the periodic table and how this was dependent on experimental evidence at the time (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking, Ethical Understanding)
considering the role of science in identifying and explaining the causes of climate change (Skills: Critical and Creative Thinking, Ethical Understanding)
recognising that Australian scientists such as Brian Schmidt and Penny Sackett are involved in the exploration and study of the universe (Skills: Critical and Creative Thinking)
