HSC Investigating SciencePractice Examination 20

This paper covers

• Writing a method to test a sports-drink claim
• Graphing temperature and reaction time with correct axes
• Media portrayal of a vaccine debate
• Protection of Indigenous cultural and intellectual property
• Analysing the continuous cycle of science and technology
• Module 5: ethics and sampling in a human performance trial
• Module 6: reaction rate data, safety data sheets and graph conventions
• Module 7: the Wakefield case, false balance and astrology testing
• Module 8: vaccination, benefit-sharing and space spending
• Integrated 7-mark: microscopes, refraction and the cycle of science and technology

Students are permitted to bring into the examination the materials normally allowed for this subject. Answer all questions in the spaces provided.

This is an ATARMAxxing practice paper. It is not an official examination and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or produced by the VCAA, NESA or the QCAA.