Outcome Chart - Nova Scotia - Science 10
Appreciation of Science
Overall Expectations:
437 appreciate that the applications of science and technology can raise ethical dilemmas
Specific Expectations:
use a multi-perspective approach, considering scientific, technological, economic, cultural, political, and environmental factors when formulating conclusions, solving problems, or making decisions on STSE issues
carefully research and openly discuss ethical dilemmas associated with the applications of science and technology
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Scientific Inquiry
Overall Expectations:
442 confidently evaluate evidence and consider alternative perspectives, ideas, and explanations
443 use factual information and rational explanations when analyzing and evaluating
444 value the processes for drawing conclusions
Specific Expectations:
- insist on evidence before accepting a new idea or explanation
- ask questions and conduct research to confirm and extend their understanding
- criticize arguments based on the faulty, incomplete, or misleading use of numbers
- recognize the importance of reviewing the basic assumptions from which a line of inquiry has arisen
- expend the effort and time needed to make valid inferences
- critically evaluate inferences and conclusions, cognizant of the many variables involved in experimentation
- critically assess their opinion of the value of science and its applications
- insist that the critical assumptions behind any line of reasoning be made explicit so that the validity of the position taken can be judged
- seek new models, explanations, and theories when confronted with discrepant events or evidence