Scientific Investigation Skills and Career Exploration
Overall Expectations:
a1. demonstrate scientific investigation skills (related to both inquiry and research) in the four areas of skills (initiating and planning, performing and recording, analysing and interpreting, and communicating)
Specific Expectations:
a1.1 formulate scientific questions about observed relationships, ideas, problems, and/or issues, make predictions, and/or formulate hypotheses to focus inquiries or research
a1.3 identify and locate print, electronic, and human sources that are relevant to research questions
a1.9 analyse the information gathered from re-search sources for reliability and bias
a1.10 draw conclusions based on inquiry results and research findings, and justify their conclusion
a1.11 communicate ideas, plans, procedures, results, and conclusions orally, in writing, and/or in electronic presentations, using appropriate language and a variety of formats (e.g., data tables, laboratory reports, presentations, debates, simulations, models)