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Figure 18. Framework Categorisation for SMOKING Question 2
Framework categories
2015 Framework
Knowledge type
Content
Competency
Interpret data and evidence
scientifically
Context
Health
and Disease,
Local/National
Cognitive demand
Medium
Science Example 3: Zeer pot
68. This new 2015 exemplar unit demonstrates a new feature of science assessment for 2015; the
use of interactive tasks using simulations of scientific enquiry to explore and
assess scientific
literacy knowledge and competencies.
69. This unit is focussed on an authentic low cost cooling container called a Zeer pot, developed
for localised needs in Africa, using readily available local resources. Cost and lack of electricity
limit the use of refrigerators in these regions, while the hot climate necessitates food to be kept
cool to prolong the length of time food can be kept before bacterial growth
renders it a risk to
health.
70. The first screen shot of this simulation introduces what a Zeer pot looks like and how it works.
Students are not expected to have an understanding of how the process of evaporation causes
cooling, just that it does.