What students learn in AC9S9H02
This unit helps students build a clear, usable understanding of Investigate how advances in technologies enable advances in science, and.... The goal is not to memorise one answer pattern. Students should be able to explain the idea, recognise it in a new example and apply it in a short practice or worksheet task.
- Start with the main idea: investigate how advances in technologies enable advances in science, and how science has contributed to developments in technologies and engineering.
- Use concrete examples, pictures, oral explanation and short written responses before moving to independent practice.
- analysing how the development of imaging technologies has improved our understanding of the functions and interactions of body systems considering the impact of technological advances developed in Australia such as the cochlear implant pioneered by Professor Graeme Clark, the Monash Vison Group’s work on a bionic eye, Professor Fiona Woods’s development of spray-on skin and Doctor John O’Sullivan and CSIRO’s invention of wi-fi
- Finish with mixed questions so students must choose the correct strategy rather than copy the last example.
Curriculum coverage and elaborations
The content description and elaborations below show the curriculum ideas taught in this unit. Items marked as teaching context support lesson planning but may not appear in the initial eight-question activity.
- Content description: investigate how advances in technologies enable advances in science, and how science has contributed to developments in technologies and engineering
- E1: analysing how the development of imaging technologies has improved our understanding of the functions and interactions of body systems
- E2: considering the impact of technological advances developed in Australia such as the cochlear implant pioneered by Professor Graeme Clark, the Monash Vison Group’s work on a bionic eye, Professor Fiona Woods’s development of spray-on skin and Doctor John O’Sullivan and CSIRO’s invention of wi-fi
- E3: researching how technological advances in monitoring greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental factors have contributed to the reinstatement of traditional fire management practices as a strategy to reduce atmospheric pollution
- E4: examining how properties of electromagnetic radiation relate to its uses, such as radar, medicine, mobile phone communications, remote sensing and microwave cooking
- E5: exploring how scientists and engineers make machines more energy efficient
- E6: exploring how understanding of the nature of matter and energy has changed over time, and how modern technology has enabled exploration of energy conversion processes at all scales, from black holes to atoms to sub-atomic particles
- E7: examining how advances in understanding of radioactivity and radioisotopes have led to new applications and technologies
How to use this unit
Read the topic guide, use the teacher slide for instruction, then complete the Worksheet, Practice and Test. These three activities use the same eight-question unit bank.
Teacher resource
AC9S9H02 teacher slide
Use this one-page PDF to introduce the key idea, vocabulary and teaching sequence before students begin the activities.
Open teacher slide (PDF)Common mistakes to watch for
- Describing what is seen without connecting it to a question, pattern or prediction.
- Using everyday words only and missing simple scientific vocabulary.
- Changing more than one thing in an investigation, which makes the comparison unfair.
International curriculum mapping
This table gives closest-topic mapping for search and planning. The Australian Curriculum code is exact; overseas entries are broad equivalents because each jurisdiction structures outcomes differently.
| Region | Curriculum | Closest mapping |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | Australian Curriculum v9.0 | AC9S9H02 — investigate how advances in technologies enable advances in science, and how science has contributed to developments in technologies and engineering |
| Victoria | Victorian Curriculum F-10 | Year 9 Science: closest match in Nature and development of science. Use this page as a VIC-aligned practice and worksheet reference. |
| NSW | NSW Curriculum | Stage 5 Science: closest content focus for Investigate how advances in technologies enable advances in science, and... and related outcomes. |
| United States | Common Core / NGSS | Grade 9 NGSS science closest topic match for Investigate how advances in technologies enable advances in science, and.... |
| England / UK | National Curriculum | Key Stage 3 / Year 9: closest programme-of-study match for Investigate how advances in technologies enable advances in science, and.... |
| Canada | Provincial and territory curricula | Grade 9 closest topic match. Canada varies by province, so use this as a broad Ontario/BC-style learning outcome reference. |
| New Zealand | New Zealand Curriculum | Level 5 Science: closest achievement-objective topic for Investigate how advances in technologies enable advances in science, and.... |
| India | NCERT / CBSE | Class 9 closest NCERT/CBSE topic match for Investigate how advances in technologies enable advances in science, and.... |