AC9S5H01 • Year 5 Science

How Scientific Knowledge Develops (AC9S5H01)

examine why advances in science are often the result of collaboration or build on the work of others

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Unit focus

  • Students describe science as a collaborative evidence-based process in which explanations are proposed, tested, communicated, critiqued and revised rather than produced once by a lone authority.
  • Use evidence to name science-cycle stages.
  • Watch for one scientist creates final truth: Knowledge develops through many contributions.
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