| Curricular Competency |
Applying and innovating |
Science 10 |
Applying and innovating |
| Keyword: Applying and innovating |
Elaboration: Sample questions to support inquiry with students:How can you use what you know about genetics to make a game or activity to help other students learn about heredity?How would you design an emergency response plan for a chemical spill in your area?How would you build a cart for a roller coaster that has as little friction as possible?How are new technologies being used to extend the reach of human investigations into space? |
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| Curricular Competency |
Critically analyze the validity of information in secondary sources and evaluate the approaches used to solve problems |
Science 10 |
Evaluating |
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| Curricular Competency |
Consider social, ethical, and environmental implications of the findings from their own and others’ investigations |
Science 10 |
Evaluating |
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| Curricular Competency |
Exercise a healthy, informed skepticism and use scientific knowledge and findings to form their own investigations and to evaluate claims in secondary sources |
Science 10 |
Evaluating |
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| Curricular Competency |
Connect scientific explorations to careers in science |
Science 10 |
Evaluating |
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| Curricular Competency |
Consider the changes in knowledge over time as tools and technologies have developed |
Science 10 |
Evaluating |
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| Curricular Competency |
Demonstrate an awareness of assumptions, question information given, and identify bias in their own work and secondary sources |
Science 10 |
Evaluating |
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| Curricular Competency |
Evaluate the validity and limitations of a model or analogy in relation to the phenomenon modelled |
Science 10 |
Evaluating |
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| Curricular Competency |
Describe specific ways to improve their investigation methods and the quality of the data |
Science 10 |
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 |
Science 10 |
Evaluating |
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| Curricular Competency |
Evaluating |
Science 10 |
Evaluating |
| Keyword: Evaluating |
Elaboration: Sample questions to support inquiry with students:How can the probability of specific genetic traits in individuals be determined?How could you reduce the sources of error when measuring energy change in a reaction?What factors would you change to increase a roller coaster's speed? Would it be appropriate to go faster?How can you use multiple sources to demonstrate bias and assumptions in astronomical investigations? |
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| Curricular Competency |
Analyze cause-and-effect relationships |
Science 10 |
Processing and analyzing data and information |
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| Curricular Competency |
Use knowledge of scientific concepts to draw conclusions that are consistent with evidence |
Science 10 |
Processing and analyzing data and information |
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| Curricular Competency |
Construct, analyze, and interpret graphs (including interpolation and extrapolation), models, and/or diagrams |
Science 10 |
Processing and analyzing data and information |
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| Curricular Competency |
Seek and analyze patterns, trends, and connections in data, including describing relationships between variables (dependent and independent) and identifying inconsistencies |
Science 10 |
Processing and analyzing data and information |
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