New Brunswick – Science 6

Strand: Scientific Literacy

Big Idea: Sensemaking

Skill Descriptor:

Analyze and interpret qualitative and quantitative data to construct explanations and conclusions.  

Achievement Indicators:

    Represent and organize titled and labelled collected data using drawings, digital technologies, simple text, tables and other graphical formats

    Interpolate or extrapolate from patterns or trends in collected data

    Classify and sort objects and events

    Confirm the validity/reliability of tests and identify possible sources of errors

    Confirm or refute hypotheses using collected data, other sources, and/or reliable media

    Identify new questions that arise from scientific inquiry or new information

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