76856795HSED 5.09 - Basic Science Process Skills/Science
Course Information
Description
Basic Science skills for advanced level (9.0 - 12.9 grade equivalent) students offered in a lab setting.
Total Credits
2
Course Competencies
  1. Process appropriate science information for informed decision making and problem solving in the physical and life sciences
    Assessment Strategies
    Oral, Written or Graphic Assessment
    Criteria
    you demonstrate how science informs ethical decision making

  2. Apply the scientific method to solve a given problem in the physical and life sciences
    Assessment Strategies
    Design Experiment
    Conduct Experiment
    Criteria
    you apply the scientific method in its entirety
    you include rationale for the use of the scientific method in problem solving
    you indicate the role of each component of the scientific method
    you follow ethical guidelines
    you maintain a safe research environment

  3. Perform scientific Observations - using the senses to gather information about an object or event in the physical and life sciences
    Assessment Strategies
    Conduct Experiment
    Design Experiment
    Criteria
    you include a data collection plan for observations
    you include the observation methodology and limitations
    you include application of ethical guidelines regarding data collection

  4. Draw scientific Inferences - making an "educated guess" about an object or event based on previously gathered data or information in the physical and life sciences
    Assessment Strategies
    Conduct Experiment
    Design Experiment
    Criteria
    you include one independent and one dependent variable
    you include operational definitions for the variables
    you include a hypothesis worded so that it can be tested in the experiment

  5. Conduct Measurements - using both standard and nonstandard measures or estimates to describe the dimensions of an object or event in the physical and life sciences
    Assessment Strategies
    Conduct Experiment
    Design Experiment
    Criteria
    you describe units of measurement used
    you include rationale for type of measurement used

  6. Communicate scientific results - using words, diagrams, and/or graphs to describe an action, object or event in the physical and life sciences
    Assessment Strategies
    Report of Experiment
    Criteria
    you include materials list, hypothesis, experimental design, data analysis, discussion of results, and conclusions
    you include precise language, domain-specific vocabulary
    you include secondary sources to inform the research as needed
    you include graphical representation of data

  7. Make scientific predictions - stating the outcome of a future event based on a pattern of evidence in the physical and life sciences
    Assessment Strategies
    Report of Experiment
    Criteria
    you include analysis of data observed and/or measured
    you include deduction from the analysis
    you include predictions for future event based on patterns observed
    you include generalizations based on patterns observed

  8. Apply the Physical, Environmental, and Life Sciences to the Basic Scientific Process Skills
    Assessment Strategies
    Perform Experiment
    Criteria
    you apply the scientific method in its entirety
    you include rationale for the use of the scientific method in problem solving
    you indicate the role of each component of the scientific method
    you follow ethical guidelines
    you maintain a safe research environment