AC9S9H01 • Year 9 Maths

Explain how scientific knowledge is validated and refined, including the (AC9S9H01)

recognise situations, including financial contexts, that use integers; locate and represent integers on a number line and as coordinates on the Cartesian plane

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  • explain how scientific knowledge is validated and refined, including the role of publication and peer review
  • Example: investigating the process of publishing a paper in a scientific journal such as Science , which receives about 12,000 submissions per year, and considering how editors…
  • Common trap: exploring why the work of Professor Barry Marshall and Dr Robin Warren related to the cause of peptic ulcers was first rejected for publication then later validated