{"product_id":"science-quest-for-aust-curriculum-series","title":"Science Quest for Aust Curriculum Series","description":"\u003cp\u003eAbout this resource vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xiv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eScience Inquiry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Investigating science 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 Overview 2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 Scientists through the ages 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3 Accidents and observations 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4 A question of ethics 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.5 Planning your own investigation 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.6 SkillBuilder — Controlled, dependent and independent variables\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.7 SkillBuilder — Writing an aim and forming a hypothesis\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.8 SkillBuilder — Measuring and reading scales\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.9 SkillBuilder — Drawing a line graph\u003c\/p\u003e 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