Outcome Chart - Manitoba - Science 8

Strand C: Practical Science

Science, Technology, Society, and Environment (STSE) Contexts

Learning Outcome:

SCI.8.C.1 Demonstrate an awareness of the dynamic interplay between science, technology, society, and the environment (STSE), thereby being empowered to critically evaluate the impacts of scientific and technological advancements on individuals, communities, and ecosystems, and to make informed decisions for a sustainable future.

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Action and Practice

Learning Outcome:

SCI.8.C.3 Demonstrate practical scientific skills through safely and actively participating in a variety of scientific practices such as inquiry-based learning experiences, experimentation, scientific observation, data analysis, measurement, debate and scientific argumentation, communicating scientific information, and designing and building.

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Strand D: Nature of Science (Grades 7-9 Band)

Implication

Applications of science often have ethical, environmental, social, economic, and political implications.

Learning Outcome:

SCI.8.D.7 Demonstrate the understanding that technologies may have beneficial and detrimental social and environmental consequences

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Learning Outcome:

SCI.8.D.8 Demonstrate the understanding that when detrimental effects of a technology are revealed, the trade-off between the advantages and consequences of continued use must be carefully considered.

Include the following: fossil fuels and climate change; paper usage and biodiversity; cell phones and social health.