ACSHE120

Solutions to contemporary issues that are found using science and technology, may impact on other areas of society and may involve ethical considerations

Elaborations

• relating regulations about wearing seatbelts or safety helmets to knowledge of forces and motion (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking)
• considering issues relating to the use and management of water within a community (Skills: Critical and Creative Thinking, Personal and Social Capability, Ethical Understanding)
• considering decisions made in relation to the recycling of greywater and blackwater (Skills: Critical and Creative Thinking, Personal and Social Capability, Ethical Understanding)
• considering how human activity in the community can have positive and negative effects on the sustainability of ecosystems (Skills: Critical and Creative Thinking, Ethical Understanding)
• investigating ways to control the spread of the cane toad (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking)

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