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AC9S5H02

investigate how scientific knowledge is used by individuals and communities to identify problems, consider responses and make decisions

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Taught alongside it

The rest of Science as a human endeavour in Year 5.

AC9S5H01

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

The same idea, year by year

Where AC9S5H02 comes from and where it goes, for a student working below or above Year 5.

  1. Year 4AC9S4H01examine how people use data to develop scientific explanations
  2. Year 4AC9S4H02consider how people use scientific explanations to meet a need or solve a problem
  3. Year 6AC9S6H01examine why advances in science are often the result of collaboration or build on the work of others
  4. Year 6AC9S6H02investigate how scientific knowledge is used by individuals and communities to identify problems, consider responses and make decisions

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