Types of Inquiry
Expectations
Various Terms
Inquiry Skills
Strands
100
Conducting “fair tests” to determine whether changing one variable affects the results
What is experimentation?
100
Relating Science and Technology to Society and the Environment
What is overall expectation 1?
100
An initial informed guess as an answer to a question before it is fully investigated.
What is a hypothesis?
100
following procedures, accessing information, recording observations and findings
What is Performing and Recording?
100
Examples are...light and sound, electricity, forces causing movement, energy in our lives, properties of and changes in matter
What is Understanding Matter and Energy?
200
Inquiry which is done through first-hand, direct observation of objects and processes
What is research from primary sources?
200
Understanding Basic Concepts
What is overall expectation 3?
200
The variable in an investigation that the investigator decides to change on a systematic basis to see how it effects an outcome.
What is an independent variable?
200
Organizing data, reflecting on the effectiveness of actions performed, drawing conclusions
What is Analysing and Interpreting?
200
Examples include...daily and seasonal changes, rocks and minerals, space, soils in the environment, conservation of energy and resources.
What is Understanding Earth and Space Science?
300
Students create, design or engineer models of new devices or new processes to help address human needs and desires
What is technological problem-solving?
300
Developing Investigation and Communication Skills
What is overall expecation 2?
300
What we might call an initiating event, object or observation that stimulates questions which can be then investigated in an inquiry lesson.
What is a hook?
300
Asking questions, clarifying problems, planning procedures
What is Initiating and Planning?
300
Examples include...growth and changes in animals and plants, habitats and communities, human organ systems, biodiversity.
What is Understanding Life Systems?
400
Research which is done by reviewing the work and the findings of others.
What is research from secondary sources?
400
Three expectations that address the general goals for science and technology for each grade and each strand.
What are overall expectations?
400
The investigation of the answer to a question using research or experimentation, and through technological problem-solving.
What is inquiry?
400
Using appropriate vocabulary, communicating findings in a variety of ways
What is Communication?
400
Examples include... strong and stable structures, pulleys and gears, flight, movement, materials, objects and everyday structures.
What is Understanding Structures and Mechanisms?
500
The page numbers in the Science and Technology Curriculum where you can find the developmental continua of skills for the 3 types of inquiry.
What are pages 13-18?
500
Follow established safety procedures during science and technology investigations
What is 2.1?
500
Including the categories of knowledge and understanding, thinking and investigation, communication, and application this chart (pp.26-27) is the basis for assessment of students knowledge and skills in all subjects.
What is the achievement chart?
500
Labelled on pages 13-18 as beginning, exploring, emerging, competent, proficient, these can be used to help plan the degree of support to provide for students and to help accomodate for student needs (e.g., D1, D2, and Core) HINT, HINT!
What are the developmental stages of inquiry?
500
Biology, physics, chemistry, earth and space science
What are the Science Strands in grade 9 and 10?
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