Syllabus Bites: Solving world problems with biotechnology

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Stage 4 Science

The Board of Studies NSW Syllabus for the Australian curriculum in Science K–10 prescribes that students can explain how new biological evidence changes people’s understanding of the world in the Stage 4 Knowledge and Understanding, Living World strand.

A student:

  • explains how new biological evidence changes people's understanding of the world SC4-15LW

LW4 Scientific knowledge changes as new evidence becomes available and some scientific discoveries have significantly changed people’s understanding of the world. (ACSHE119, ACSHE134)

b. recount how evidence from a scientific discovery has changed understanding and contributed to solving a real world problem, eg animal and plant diseases, hygiene, food preservation, sewage treatment or biotechnology.

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