AC9S8H01

Elaborations

• AC9S8H01_E1identifying how technological developments, such as those related to microscopes and medical imaging, have led to improved understanding of cells and organs
• AC9S8H01_E2considering how advances in technologies have enabled the repair and replacement of organs using synthetic materials
• AC9S8H01_E3analysing how sustainability priorities such as efficiency and limiting environmental impact have led to innovative practices in mining and mine site regeneration
• AC9S8H01_E4examining the evidence that led to the acceptance of the theory of plate tectonics over the idea of continental drift
• AC9S8H01_E5investigating how advances in deep Earth imaging techniques have enabled identification of mineral, energy and water resources beneath surface sedimentary rock
• AC9S8H01_E6discussing the story of Sir Isaac Newton’s discovery of gravity or the questions that Albert Einstein asked which led him to developing a new theory
• AC9S8H01_E7researching why Dmitri Mendeleev developed a different representation of the periodic table