ACSHE223

Science knowledge can develop through collaboration across the disciplines of science and the contributions of people from a range of cultures

Elaborations

• considering how water use and management relies on knowledge from different areas of science, and involves the application of technology (Skills: Critical and Creative Thinking)
• identifying the contributions of Australian scientists to the study of human impact on environments and to local environmental management projects (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking)
• investigating how land management practices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples can help inform sustainable management of the environment (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking, Intercultural Understanding)
• studying transnational collaborative research in the Antarctic (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking, Intercultural Understanding)
• recognising that traditional and Western scientific knowledge can be used in combination to care for Country/Place (Skills: Critical and Creative Thinking, Intercultural Understanding)

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