Science 5
BIG IDEAS
Curricular Competencies:
- Demonstrate a sustained curiosity about a scientific topic or problem of personal interest
- Make observations in familiar or unfamiliar contexts
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- Identify questions to answer or problems to solve through scientific inquiry
- Make predictions about the findings of their inquiry
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- With support, plan appropriate investigations to answer their questions or solve problems they have identified
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- Decide which variable should be changed and measured for a fair test
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- Choose appropriate data to collect to answer their questions
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- Observe, measure, and record data, using appropriate tools, including digital technologies
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- Use equipment and materials safely, identifying potential risks
- Experience and interpret the local environment
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- Identify First Peoples perspectives and knowledge as sources of information
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- Construct and use a variety of methods, including tables, graphs, and digital technologies, as appropriate, to represent patterns or relationships in data
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- Identify patterns and connections in data
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- Compare data with predictions and develop explanations for results
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- Demonstrate an openness to new ideas and consideration of alternatives
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- Evaluate whether their investigations were fair tests
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- Identify possible sources of error
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- Suggest improvements to their investigation methods
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- Demonstrate an understanding and appreciation of evidence
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- Identify some of the social, ethical, and environmental implications of the findings from their own and others’ investigations
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- Contribute to care for self, others, and community through personal or collaborative approaches
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- Co-operatively design projects
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- Transfer and apply learning to new situations
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- Generate and introduce new or refined ideas when problem solving
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- Communicate ideas, explanations, and processes in a variety of ways
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- Express and reflect on personal, shared, or others’ experiences of place
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Content:
- basic structures and functions of body systems:
- machines:
- power - the rate at which energy is transferred
- the rock cycle
- local types of earth material
- First Peoples concepts of interconnectedness in the environment
- the nature of sustainable practices around BC’s resources
- First Peoples knowledge of sustainable practices