Subject
Grade
Curricular Competency Group
Curricular Competency
Questioning and predicting
Elaboration
- Sample opportunities to support student inquiry:
- How can the study of genomics help improve or extend quality of life?
- Why do some people have sensitivity to certain foods (e.g., lactose, gluten)?
- How does caffeine affect the brain?
- Observe the effects of different concentrations of sugar on the diffusion rate across the membrane of an egg that has its shell dissolved with acetic acid.
- Examine healthy lung tissue and a smoker’s lung tissue under the microscope to observe differences.
- Consult Elders and knowledge keepers to find out how local plants are used by First Peoples.
- Based on your understanding of cells and the plasma membrane, hypothesize how salmon can live in both freshwater and saltwater environments during their lifecycle.
keywords
Questioning and predicting