Science Events & Society
Regulation & Ethics
Health & Technology
Funding & Influence
Knowledge Systems
100
It can increase trust or fear depending on outcomes, media framing, and who is affected
How can a major science-related event change society’s perception of science?
100
NHMRC
What Australian body is central to health and medical research ethics guidelines?
100
Medical/surgical devices or procedures (accept vaccination / water treatment)
Give one example of a medical or surgical technology that affects community wellbeing.
100
Government, corporations, and universities (accept equivalents)
Who are three common funders of scientific research?
100
Different ways of knowing about Country and ecosystems can improve research and conservation together
How can Indigenous knowledge systems and Western science complement each other?
200
Damming rivers
Which Module 8 case study explores impacts of damming rivers?
200
To protect people, animals, environment, and data integrity, and to set standards for safe ethical research
Why do scientific fields need regulation?
200
They reduce disease by treating and managing safe water supplies
How do water and wastewater technologies link science to public health?
200
Funders may prefer results that protect profits or reputation
Why can industry funding create a conflict of interest?
200
Traditional knowledge and biological resources can be exploited without recognition or benefit-sharing
Why is Indigenous cultural intellectual property important in bioprospecting discussions?
300
Jenner / smallpox vaccination
Name one historical medical case often linked to vaccination and changing public health.
300
Need for Regulation (Depth Study 2)
What Depth Study theme in Classroom focuses on the need for regulation?
300
It relies on scientific evidence but also needs public trust, access, and policy support
Why is vaccination both a scientific and a social issue?
300
Priorities and budgets steer funding toward some questions and away from others
How can economic and political influences shape which research gets done?
300
Through media, journalists, schools, and expert bodies (accept equivalents)
How is scientific knowledge often communicated to the public?
400
They can raise fear and strengthen calls for stricter regulation or abandonment of nuclear power
How can nuclear meltdown events influence public attitudes to nuclear technology?
400
Use of cultural IP / traditional knowledge without consent or fair benefit-sharing
What ethical issue arises in bioprospecting involving Indigenous cultural knowledge?
400
They help separate real treatment effects from expectation and bias when judging claims
How can placebo and double-blind ideas from health research matter in societal debates about treatments?
400
Sources of funding and any relationships that could bias the work
What should scientists disclose about funding and conflicts of interest?
400
It can inform widely but also oversimplify, sensationalise, or spread discredited claims
Why can mass media both help and hinder public understanding of science?
500
They force choices about funding priorities when scientific ambition competes with other public needs
Why might debates about space research versus social spending appear in Science and Society?
500
They set boundaries for consent, harm minimisation, honesty, and accountability in research
How do codes of ethics shape what scientists are allowed to do?
500
Poorly tested devices can harm patients; regulation balances innovation with safety and evidence standards
Evaluate why regulating medical devices matters for society.
500
They assess evidence and provide policy-relevant summaries; governments decide policy
How do international bodies such as the IPCC connect science to policy advice?
500
Society: funding/regulation/ethics set research boundaries; Science: vaccines, water tech, or policy evidence change public life (accept Classroom-aligned pair)
Using Classroom Module 8 themes, give one way society influences science and one way science influences society.
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