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Science learning objectives

Year 7Year 8

1.1 How science works – Explanations, argumentation and decisions

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1.1a3 Scientific thinking: developing argument

recognise that scientific evidence can be used to support or disprove theoriesidentify a range of scientific data and other evidence to back an argument and the counterclaim in more complex and/or less familiar contexts, e.g. use of antibiotics
identify a range of scientific data and other evidence to back an argument and the counterclaim in less complex and/or familiar contexts, e.g. establishing a wind farmdescribe how scientific evidence from different sources carries different weight in supporting or disproving theories
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