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12 Oct 12
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"the capacity to use scientific knowledge, to identify questions and to draw evidence-based conclusions in order to understand and help make decisions about the natural world and the changes made to it through human activity."
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we need to critically evaluate the claims made in the name of science and make informed decisions and choices about these and other science based issues
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- Know and understand the scientific concepts and processes required for participation in society
- Ask, find, or determine answers to questions derived from curiosity about their world
- Describe, explain, and predict natural phenomena
- Read with understanding science articles in the popular press and engage in social conversation about the validity of the conclusions
- Identify scientific issues underlying national and local decisions
- Express positions that are scientifically and technologically informed
- Evaluate the quality of scientific information on the basis of its source and the methods used to generate it
- Pose and evaluate arguments based on evidence and apply conclusions from such arguments appropriately
Students who are scientifically literate:
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23 Apr 08
Grace KatStudents participate in the process of investigation by observing, classifying, exploring, predicting, testing, modifying and applying understanding to reach a conclusion. Students develop skills in scientific investigation of physical phenomena, living things and earth and its surroundings.
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