science competencies
Curricular Competencies
Students are expected to be able to do the following:
Questioning and Predicting
Students are expected to be able to do the following:
Questioning and Predicting
- Demonstrate a sustained intellectual curiosity about a scientific topic or problem of personal interest
- Make observations aimed at identifying their own questions about the natural world
- Identify a question to answer or a problem to solve through scientific inquiry
- Formulate alternative “If… Then…” hypotheses based on their questions
- Make predictions about the findings of their inquiry
- Collaboratively plan a range of investigation types, including field work and experiments, to answer their questions or solve problems they have identified
- Measure and control variables (dependent and independent) through fair tests
- Observe, measure, and record data (qualitative and quantitative), using equipment, including digital technologies, with accuracy and precision
- Use appropriate SI units and perform simple unit conversions
- Ensure that safety and ethical guidelines are followed in their investigations
- Experience and interpret the local environment
- Apply First Peoples perspectives and knowledge, other ways of knowing, and local knowledge as sources of information
- Construct and use a range of methods to represent patterns or relationships in data, including tables, graphs, keys, models, and digital technologies as appropriate
- Seek patterns and connections in date from their own investigations and secondary sources
- Use scientific understandings to identify relationships and draw conclusions
- Reflect on their investigation methods, including the adequacy of controls on variables (dependent and independent) and the quality of the data collected
- Identify possible sources of error and suggest improvements to their investigation methods
- Demonstrate an awareness of assumptions and bias in their own work and secondary sources
- Demonstrate an understanding and appreciation of evidence (qualitative and quantitative)
- Exercise a healthy, informed skepticism and use scientific knowledge and findings from their own investigations to evaluate claims in secondary sources
- Consider social, ethical, and environmental implications of the findings from their own and other investigations
- Contribute to care for self, others, community, and world through personal or collaborative approaches
- Co-operatively design projects
- Transfer and apply learning to new situations
- Generate and introduce new or refined ideas when problem solving
- Communicate ideas, findings, and solutions to problems, using scientific language, presentations, and digital technologies as appropriate
- Express and reflect on a variety of experiences and perspectives of place