The Bloody Battlefield of Science

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  • Secondary
  • Year 8
  • Humanities and Social Sciences
  • History
  • Economic
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Presentation Summary

Just because it's true doesn't mean it's readily accepted. When science challenges the existing understanding of how our world works, some people who are locked into outdated knowledge feel threatened and fight against this new knowledge. Discover what is meant by 'science advances one funeral at a time.'

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Curriculum links

  • The transformation of the ancient world to the early modern world, from the decline of the Roman Empire in western Europe through Medieval, Renaissance or pre-modern Europe (AC9HH8K01)
  • Explain how new evidence or different perspectives can lead to changes in scientific knowledge (AC9S8H01)

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