Curricular Competency |
Contribute to finding solutions to problems at a local and/or global level through inquiry |
Chemistry 11 |
Applying and innovating |
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Curricular Competency |
Co-operatively design projects with local and/or global connections and applications |
Chemistry 11 |
Applying and innovating |
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Curricular Competency |
Contribute to care for self, others, community, and world through individual or collaborative approaches |
Chemistry 11 |
Applying and innovating |
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Curricular Competency |
Applying and innovating |
Chemistry 11 |
Applying and innovating |
Keyword: Applying and innovating |
Elaboration: Sample opportunities to support student inquiry:What solutions would you propose to address concerns about carbon dioxide in the environment?Using knowledge shared by First Peoples, explore the uses of traditional medicines. What medicines have been used? Which particular health conditions are/were they used for?Having been hired by the local government in your community to consult on the chemistry of fireworks, what suggestions would you provide for a spectacular yet safe show? |
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Curricular Competency |
Assess risks in the context of personal safety and social responsibility |
Chemistry 11 |
Evaluating |
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Curricular Competency |
Critically analyze the validity of information in primary and secondary sources and evaluate the approaches used to solve problems |
Chemistry 11 |
Evaluating |
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Curricular Competency |
Consider social, ethical, and environmental implications of the findings from their own and others’ investigations |
Chemistry 11 |
Evaluating |
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Curricular Competency |
Exercise a healthy, informed skepticism and use scientific knowledge and findings to form their own investigations to evaluate claims in primary and secondary sources |
Chemistry 11 |
Evaluating |
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Curricular Competency |
Connect scientific explorations to careers in science |
Chemistry 11 |
Evaluating |
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Curricular Competency |
Consider the changes in knowledge over time as tools and technologies have developed |
Chemistry 11 |
Evaluating |
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Curricular Competency |
Demonstrate an awareness of assumptions, question information given, and identify bias in their own work and in primary and secondary sources |
Chemistry 11 |
Evaluating |
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Curricular Competency |
Evaluate the validity and limitations of a model or analogy in relation to the phenomenon modelled |
Chemistry 11 |
Evaluating |
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Curricular Competency |
Describe specific ways to improve their investigation methods and the quality of their data |
Chemistry 11 |
Evaluating |
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Curricular Competency |
Evaluate their methods and experimental conditions, including identifying sources of error or uncertainty, confounding variables, and possible alternative explanations and conclusions |
Chemistry 11 |
Evaluating |
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Curricular Competency |
Evaluating |
Chemistry 11 |
Evaluating |
Keyword: Evaluating |
Elaboration: Sample opportunities to support student inquiry:Calculate uncertainty in derived values.How has technology played a role in the evolution of the model of the atom? |
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