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9.4 The search for better health Syllabus links Prescribed focus areas Students will develop knowledge and understanding of: 1. evaluates how major advances in scientific understanding and technology have changed the direction or nature of scientific thinking 4. assess the impact of application of biology on society and the environment 5. identifies possible future directions of biological research Knowledge and understanding Skills/ Values and Attitudes Our understanding of biology and disease has implications for society and environment. Evaluate the impact of human activity on the interactions of organisms and their environment. Investigate how advances in water technologies have led to the management of protection of the human and environmental health. H14 assesses the validity of conclusions from gathered data and information Students learn to: Students: distinguish between infectious and non-infectious disease explain why cleanliness of water and personal hygiene practices assist in control of disease explain how public health program strategies has controlled and/ or prevented disease gather, process and analyse information from secondary sources to describe ways in which drinking water can be treated and use available evidence to explain how these methods reduce the risk of infection identify data sources, gather process and analyse information form secondary sources to describe one named infectious (water-borne) disease in terms of cause, transmission, host response, major symptoms, treatment, prevention, control identify causes of non-infectious diseaseenvironmental disease identify data sources, plan and choose equipment or resources to perform a firsthand investigation to identify microbes in water 9.4 The serarch for better health | Syllabus links SW03/15 - © Sydney Water. All rights reserved. H16 justifies positive values abut and attitude towards both the living and nonliving components of the environment, ethical behaviour and a desire for a critical evaluation of the of the consequences of the applications of science Page | 1