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Science / Year 10 / Science Inquiry Skills / Planning and conducting
Curriculum content descriptions
Plan, select and use appropriate investigation types, including field work and laboratory experimentation, to collect reliable data; assess risk and address ethical issues associated with these methods (ACSIS199)
Elaborations
- combining research using primary and secondary sources with a student's own experimental investigation
- using modelling and simulations, including using digital technology, to investigate situations and events
- deciding how much data are needed to produce reliable measurements
- considering possible confounding variables or effects and ensuring these are controlled
- identifying the potential hazards of chemicals or biological materials used in experimental investigations
- identifying safety risks and impacts on animal welfare and ensuring these are effectively managed within the investigation
General capabilities
ScOT terms
Experiments, Data collection, Ethics, Safety