Let’s be clear on this – the science curriculum, like any curriculum, should be shaped by what’s important for students ...
Sometimes ‘investigate’ doesn’t work: expert flags major flaws in draft science curriculum
A reasonable response to the draft Australian Science Curriculum needs to be framed within current thinking about the purposes of a science education to prepare students for productive lives in a fast-changing future.
The physical science force and motion curriculum focuses on abstracted constructs such as Newton’s laws and do not encourage a systems perspective on force and energy that might encourage consideration of wider applications.