Outcome Chart – British Columbia – Science 10

Curricular Competencies

Questioning and Predicting

Demonstrate a sustained intellectual curiosity about a scientific topic or problem of personal interest
Make observations aimed at identifying their own questions, including increasingly complex ones, about the natural world
Formulate multiple hypotheses and predict multiple outcomes

Planning and Conducting

Collaboratively and individually plan, select, and use appropriate investigation methods, including field work and lab experiments, to collect reliable data (qualitative and quantitative)
Assess risks and address ethical, cultural, and/or environmental issues associated with their proposed methods and those of others
Select and use appropriate equipment, including digital technologies, to systematically and accurately collect and record data

Processing and Analyzing Data and Information

Experience and interpret the local environment
Seek and analyze patterns, trends, and connections in data, including describing relationships between variables (dependent and independent) and identifying inconsistencies
Construct, analyze, and interpret graphs (including interpolation and extrapolation), models, and/or diagrams
Use knowledge of scientific concepts to draw conclusions that are consistent with evidence
Analyze cause-and-effect relationships

Evaluating

Evaluate their methods and experimental conditions, including identifying sources of error or uncertainty, confounding variables, and possible alternative explanations and conclusions
Describe specific ways to improve their investigation methods and the quality of the data
Evaluate the validity and limitations of a model or analogy in relation to the phenomenon modelled
Demonstrate an awareness of assumptions, question information given, and identify bias in their own work and secondary sources
Consider the changes in knowledge over time as tools and technologies have developed
Connect scientific explorations to careers in science
Exercise a healthy, informed skepticism, and use scientific knowledge and findings to form their own investigations and to evaluate claims in secondary sources
Consider social, ethical, and environmental implications of the findings from their own and others’ investigations
Critically analyze the validity of information in secondary sources and evaluate the approaches used to solve problems

Applying and Innovating

Contribute to care for self, others, community and world through personal or collaborative approaches
Transfer and apply learning to new situations
Generate and introduce new or refined ideas when problem solving
Contribute to finding solutions to problems at a local and/or global level through inquiry
Consider the role of scientists in innovation

Communicating

Communicate scientific ideas, claims, information, and perhaps a suggested course of action, for a specific purpose and audience, constructing evidence-based arguments and using appropriate scientific language, conventions, and representations