| Curricular Competency |
Apply the concepts of accuracy and precision to experimental procedures and data:- significant figures
- uncertainty
- scientific notation
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Geology 12 |
Planning and conducting |
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| Curricular Competency |
Use appropriate SI units and appropriate equipment, including digital technologies, to systematically and accurately collect and record data |
Geology 12 |
Planning and conducting |
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| Curricular Competency |
Assess risks and address ethical, cultural, and/or environmental issues associated with their proposed methods |
Geology 12 |
Planning and conducting |
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| Curricular Competency |
Collaboratively and individually plan, select, and use appropriate investigation methods, including field work and lab experiments, to collect reliable data (qualitative and quantitative) |
Geology 12 |
Planning and conducting |
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| Curricular Competency |
Planning and conducting |
Geology 12 |
Planning and conducting |
| Keyword: Planning and conducting |
Elaboration: Sample opportunities to support student inquiry:Classify minerals by observing and testing physical and chemical properties (e.g., colour, crystal form, cleavage, fracture, specific gravity, acid reaction, magnetism, hardness).Create molds and casts of local plants and animal artifacts.Collect data to establish where most earthquakes tend to occur.Assess the risks associated with geological field work.How is a geological compass used to record accurate and precise strike-and-dip data?What evidence is needed to measure and determine slope stability?Explore local coastlines, parks, watersheds, lakes, and other areas to collect evidence of weathering and erosion. |
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| Curricular Competency |
Formulate multiple hypotheses and predict multiple outcomes |
Geology 12 |
Questioning and predicting |
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| Curricular Competency |
Make observations aimed at identifying their own questions, including increasingly abstract ones, about the natural world |
Geology 12 |
Questioning and predicting |
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| Curricular Competency |
Demonstrate a sustained intellectual curiosity about a scientific topic or problem of personal, local, or global interest |
Geology 12 |
Questioning and predicting |
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| Curricular Competency |
Questioning and predicting |
Geology 12 |
Questioning and predicting |
| Keyword: Questioning and predicting |
Elaboration: Sample opportunities to support student inquiry:Predict the geologic history of an area, given the types of structures evident in maps or models.What knowledge do First Peoples have of tectonic events in the local area? Predict how the local landscape would change if a major faulting or folding event were to occur.How could current use of groundwater affect future land uses? |
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| Big Ideas |
Rock layers and the fossil record reflect geologic changes through time. |
Specialized Science 12 |
No CCG |
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| Big Ideas |
Geologic materials can change as they cycle through the geosphere and can be used as resources. |
Specialized Science 12 |
No CCG |
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| Big Ideas |
Forces interact within fields and cause linear and circular motions. |
Specialized Science 12 |
No CCG |
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| Big Ideas |
Energy is always conserved. |
Specialized Science 12 |
No CCG |
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| Big Ideas |
Changes in equilibrium drive chemical processes. |
Specialized Science 12 |
No CCG |
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| Big Ideas |
Chemical reactions are due to energy changes that result from the breaking and re-formation of bonds. |
Specialized Science 12 |
No CCG |
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