How do we understand the world in which we live?
How do we understand the world in which we live?
Students will explore the natural world and its laws; the interaction between people and the natural world; how humans use their understanding of scientific principles; the impact of scientific and technological advances on communities and environments; the impact of environments on human activity; how humans adapt environments to their needs.
Students will explore the natural world and its laws; the interaction between people and the natural world; how humans use their understanding of scientific principles; the impact of scientific and technological advances on communities and environments; the impact of environments on human activity; how humans adapt environments to their needs.
Example Explorations
Example Explorations
• Systems, models, methods; products, processes and solutions
• Systems, models, methods; products, processes and solutions
• Adaptation, ingenuity and progress
• Adaptation, ingenuity and progress
• Opportunity, risk, consequences and responsibility
• Opportunity, risk, consequences and responsibility
• Modernization, industrialization and engineering
• Modernization, industrialization and engineering
• Digital life, virtual environments and the Information Age
• Digital life, virtual environments and the Information Age
• The biological revolution
• The biological revolution
• Mathematical puzzles, principles and discoveries
• Mathematical puzzles, principles and discoveries