Content description ACSHE100

Science / Year 6 / Science as a Human Endeavour / Use and influence of science

Content description

Scientific understandings, discoveries and inventions are used to solve problems that directly affect peoples’ lives

Elaborations

researching the scientific work involved in global disaster alerts and communication, such as cyclone, earthquake and tsunami alerts
investigating how electrical energy is generated in Australia and around the world
researching the use of methane generators in Indonesia
considering how electricity and electrical appliances have changed the way some people live

Code

ACSHE100

ScOT catalogue terms

URL

General capabilities

http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/generalCapability/1
Literacy
http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/generalCapability/4
Critical and creative thinking
http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/generalCapability/5
Personal and social capability

Cross-curriculum priorities

http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/crossCurriculum/2
Asia and Australia´s engagement with Asia
http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/crossCurriculum/3
Sustainability

Resources