{"id":12546,"date":"2025-12-08T09:42:37","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T17:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mrrenwick.ca\/?page_id=12546"},"modified":"2025-12-08T09:48:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T17:48:37","slug":"junior-science-assessment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mrrenwick.ca\/index.php\/course-materials\/junior-science\/junior-science-assessment\/","title":{"rendered":"Junior Science Assessment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"views-row col-12 col-md mx-1 ccg_keyword_w_elaboration\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-nothing\">\n<p><a href=\"#questioning\">Questioning and predicting<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#planning\">Planning and conducting<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#processing\">Processing and analyzing data and information<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#evaluating\">Evaluating<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#innovating\">Applying and innovating<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#communicating\">Communicating<\/a><\/p>\n<h4 id=\"questioning\"><strong>Questioning and predicting<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"views-row col-12 col-md mx-1\">\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"views-field views-field-nothing\"><span class=\"field-content\"> Demonstrate a sustained intellectual curiosity about a scientific topic or problem of personal, local, or global interest<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"views-field views-field-nothing\"><span class=\"field-content\">Make observations aimed at identifying their own questions, including increasingly abstract ones, about the natural world<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"views-field views-field-nothing\"><span class=\"field-content\">Formulate multiple hypotheses and predict multiple outcomes<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>How can this skill be demonstrated?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>By creating intelligent hypotheses for labs &#8211; adding new elements to test the effect<\/li>\n<li>By asking questions in class that show an understanding and curiosity of the experiment\/project<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What does extending look like?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The hypothesis is informed by prior knowledge about the subject<\/li>\n<li>Multiple hypotheses that test different aspects of the subject<\/li>\n<li>During the lab\/project, developing new hypotheses as you learn new information<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"views-row col-12 col-md mx-1 ccg_keyword_w_elaboration\">\n<div>\n<div id=\"planning\" class=\"views-field views-field-nothing\">\n<h4>Planning and conducting<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"views-row col-12 col-md mx-1\">\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"views-field views-field-nothing\"><span class=\"field-content\"> Collaboratively and individually plan, select, and use appropriate investigation methods, including field work and lab experiments, to collect reliable data (qualitative and quantitative)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"views-field views-field-nothing\"><span class=\"field-content\">Assess risks and address ethical, cultural, and\/or environmental issues associated with their proposed methods<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"views-field views-field-nothing\"><span class=\"field-content\">Use appropriate SI units and appropriate equipment, including digital technologies, to systematically and accurately collect and record data<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"views-field views-field-nothing\"><span class=\"field-content\">Apply the concepts of accuracy and precision to experimental procedures and data (<\/span>significant figures, uncertainty, scientific notation)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>How can this skill be demonstrated?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Making sure to collect both quantitative (numbers) and qualitative (observations) during labs and projects<\/li>\n<li>By designing well-controlled science experiments<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What does extending look like?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Not making mistakes with significant figures, units, and including directions for vectors<\/li>\n<li>Using the most accurate and precise measurement tool possible<\/li>\n<li>Averaging multiple trials to get more accurate results (Isaac Newton)<\/li>\n<li>Designed experiments isolate the variable(s) of interest properly<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"views-row col-12 col-md mx-1 ccg_keyword_w_elaboration\">\n<div>\n<div id=\"processing\" class=\"views-field views-field-nothing\">\n<h4>Processing and analyzing data and information<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"views-row col-12 col-md mx-1\">\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"views-field views-field-field-curricular-competency-stem\"><span class=\"field-content\">Experience and interpret the local environment<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"views-field views-field-field-curricular-competency-stem\"><span class=\"field-content\">Apply First Peoples perspectives and knowledge, other ways of knowing, and local knowledge as sources of information<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"views-field views-field-field-curricular-competency-stem\"><span class=\"field-content\">Seek and analyze patterns, trends, and connections in data, including describing relationships between variables, performing calculations, and identifying inconsistencies<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"views-field views-field-field-curricular-competency-stem\"><span class=\"field-content\">Construct, analyze, and interpret graphs, models, and\/or diagrams<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"views-field views-field-field-curricular-competency-stem\"><span class=\"field-content\">Use knowledge of scientific concepts to draw conclusions that are consistent with evidence<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"views-field views-field-field-curricular-competency-stem\"><span class=\"field-content\">Analyze cause-and-effect relationships <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<div class=\"curriculum-content d-print-block\">\n<div class=\"views-row col-12 col-md mx-1 ccg_keyword_w_elaboration\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-nothing\">How can this skill be demonstrated?<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Using graphs when appropriate, with proper labels and trendlines if needed<\/li>\n<li>Using significant figures and units properly, and including directions for vectors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>What does extending look like?<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Averaging multiple trials to get more accurate results<\/li>\n<li>Making strong links between the theoretical (equations, etc.) and the practical (real-world applications)<\/li>\n<li>Draw high quality conclusions from the data<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"curriculum-content d-print-block\">\n<div class=\"views-row col-12 col-md mx-1\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-nothing\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<div class=\"curriculum-content d-print-block\">\n<div class=\"views-row col-12 col-md mx-1 ccg_keyword_w_elaboration\">\n<div>\n<div id=\"evaluating\" class=\"views-field views-field-nothing\">\n<h4>Evaluating<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"views-row col-12 col-md mx-1\">\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"views-field views-field-nothing\"><span class=\"field-content\"> Evaluate their methods and experimental conditions, including identifying sources of error or uncertainty, confounding variables, and possible alternative explanations and conclusions<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"views-field views-field-nothing\"><span class=\"field-content\">Describe specific ways to improve their investigation methods and the quality of their data<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"views-field views-field-nothing\"><span class=\"field-content\">Evaluate the validity and limitations of a model or analogy in relation to the phenomenon modelled<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"views-field views-field-nothing\"><span class=\"field-content\">Demonstrate an awareness of assumptions, question information given, and identify bias in their own work and in primary and secondary sources<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"views-field views-field-nothing\"><span class=\"field-content\">Consider the changes in knowledge over time as tools and technologies have developed<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"views-field views-field-nothing\"><span class=\"field-content\">Connect scientific explorations to careers in science<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"views-field views-field-nothing\"><span class=\"field-content\">Exercise a healthy, informed skepticism and use scientific knowledge and findings to form their own investigations to evaluate claims in primary and secondary sources<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"views-field views-field-nothing\"><span class=\"field-content\">Consider social, ethical, and environmental implications of the findings from their own and others\u2019 investigations<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"views-field views-field-nothing\"><span class=\"field-content\">Critically analyze the validity of information in primary and secondary sources and evaluate the approaches used to solve problems<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"views-field views-field-nothing\"><span class=\"field-content\">Assess risks in the context of personal safety and social responsibility <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<div class=\"curriculum-content d-print-block\">\n<div class=\"views-row col-12 col-md mx-1 ccg_keyword_w_elaboration\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-field-curricular-competency-stem\">\n<p>How can this skill be demonstrated?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>By doing in-depth research using reliable sources (not Wikipedia)<\/li>\n<li>By finding differences between mathematical models and real-world results<\/li>\n<li>By being skeptical of information that can only be found in a single source<\/li>\n<li>Finding connections between physics concepts and real-world applicatoins<\/li>\n<li>Critically evaluating sources of information in light of your own experiences<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What does extending look like?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Thinking about sources of error before the experiment, and reducing\/eliminating them before collecting any data<\/li>\n<li>Being very specific about sources of error (not vague, like &#8220;friction is a source of error&#8221;)<\/li>\n<li>Identifying which sources of error are important, and which are not likely to have a big impact<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"innovating\" class=\"views-field views-field-nothing\">\n<h4>Applying and innovating<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"views-row col-12 col-md mx-1\">\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"views-field views-field-nothing\"><span class=\"field-content\"> Contribute to care for self, others, community, and world through individual or collaborative approaches<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"views-field views-field-nothing\"><span class=\"field-content\">Co-operatively design projects with local and\/or global connections and applications<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"views-field views-field-nothing\"><span class=\"field-content\">Contribute to finding solutions to problems at a local and\/or global level through inquiry<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"views-field views-field-nothing\"><span class=\"field-content\">Implement multiple strategies to solve problems in real-life, applied, and conceptual situations<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"views-field views-field-nothing\"><span class=\"field-content\">Consider the role of scientists in innovation <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<div class=\"curriculum-content d-print-block\">\n<div class=\"views-row col-12 col-md mx-1 ccg_keyword_w_elaboration\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-field-curricular-competency-stem\">\n<p>How can this skill be demonstrated?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>By choosing topics for projects\/labs that are related to real-world problems<\/li>\n<li>Asking community members for their opinions and ideas<\/li>\n<li>Considering the environmental impact of your experiment (waste, etc.)<\/li>\n<li>Working well with your classmates<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What does extending look like?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Applying your knowledge to real-world problems<\/li>\n<li>Sharing your work so that others can learn from it<\/li>\n<li>Using 2 different methods to try to get the same answer, so that they confirm each other<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"communicating\" class=\"views-field views-field-nothing\">\n<h4>Communicating<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"views-row col-12 col-md mx-1\">\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"views-field views-field-nothing\"><span class=\"field-content\"> Formulate physical or mental theoretical models to describe a phenomenon<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"views-field views-field-nothing\"><span class=\"field-content\">Communicate scientific ideas and information, and perhaps a suggested course of action, for a specific purpose and audience, constructing evidence-based arguments and using appropriate scientific language, conventions, and representations<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"views-field views-field-nothing\"><span class=\"field-content\">Express and reflect on a variety of experiences, perspectives, and worldviews through place<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.explainxkcd.com\/wiki\/images\/7\/7f\/average_familiarity.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.explainxkcd.com\/wiki\/images\/7\/7f\/average_familiarity.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.explainxkcd.com\/wiki\/images\/7\/7f\/average_familiarity.png\">https:\/\/www.explainxkcd.com\/wiki\/index.php\/File:average_familiarity.png<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Questioning and predicting Planning and conducting Processing and analyzing data and information Evaluating Applying and innovating Communicating Questioning and predicting Demonstrate a sustained intellectual curiosity about a scientific topic or problem of personal, local, or global interest Make observations aimed at identifying their own questions, including increasingly abstract ones, about the natural world Formulate 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