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Social Issues

Overview

Recommended Year Level: Years 9 and 10                                                                                                                                            Required Knowledge: Moderate    
Duration: Magazine: 5 x 50 minute lessons Utility Fog: 2 x 50 minute lessons
 

The Social Issues module consists of two streams; the Magazine stream aimed at a middle school level, and the Utility Fog stream, appropriate for all ages. The module investigates the social issues and implications that arise from Nanotechnology, with the Magazine stream concerned with the implications nanotechnology may have upon society in the future, and the Utility fog stream dealing with the social and ethical implications of nanotechnology.