Teachers

This library research guide aims to support Year 10 students undertaking research in Genetics & Biotechnology, with direct links to the Australian Curriculum and the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) Science Year 7-10 Syllabus –

General Capabilities (GC)

Literacy

  • navigate, read and view a wide range of more demanding subject-specific texts with an extensive range of graphic representations
  • listen to a range of extended spoken and audio texts, including audio-visual texts, and respond to, interpret and evaluate ideas, information and opinions
  • interpret and evaluate information within and between texts, comparing and contrasting information using comprehension strategies

Ethical Understanding

  • critique generalised statements about ethical concepts
  • distinguish between the ethical and non-ethical dimensions of complex issues

Creative and Critical Thinking

  • pose questions to critically analyse complex issues and abstract ideas
  • clarify complex information and ideas drawn from a range of sources
  • critically analyse independently sourced information to determine bias and reliability

ICT Capability

  • select and use a range of ICT independently and collaboratively, analyse information to frame questions and plan search strategies or data generation
  • develop and use criteria systematically to evaluate the quality, suitability and credibility of located data or information and sources
  • use advanced search tools and techniques or simulations and digital models to locate or generate precise data and information that supports the development of new understandings

Cross-Curricular Priorities (CCP)

Sustainability

  • actions for a more sustainable future reflect values of care, respect and responsibility, and require us to explore and understand environments
  • sustainable futures result from actions designed to preserve and/or restore the quality and uniqueness of environments