![]() ![]() Cell biologists 'experiment' to test their ideas on the properties of cells.Physiologists 'model' organ systems to test the interrelationships between them.Ecologists use 'field sampling' to explore relationships among organisms within ecosystems.Investigations provide students with opportunities to experience the different kinds of approaches that scientists use to learn more about living organisms. New techniques make it possible to better investigate live cells and so continually expand our knowledge and understanding. Modern microscopes provide greater detail than the simple lens mechanisms used by van Leeuwenhoek.The growing field of epigenetics challenges our assumptions about inheritance.Lamarck and Darwin’s ideas about the evolution of species.Students develop understanding of how biological theories and ideas have evolved over time and as technology has improved. ![]() ![]() Interpreting the Nature of Science aims in a biology context Understanding about science ![]()
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