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Israel
Norway
United Kingdom
How science works
Data, evidence, theories and explanations
Pupils should be taught:
a how scientific data can be collected and analysed
b how interpretation of data, using creative thought, provides evidence to
test ideas and develop theories
c how explanations of many phenomena can be developed using scientific
theories, models and ideas
d that there are some questions that science cannot currently answer, and
some that science cannot address.
www.qca.org.221 g.uk/curriculumcience key stage 4
Practical and enquiry skills
Pupils should be taught to:
a plan to test a scientific idea, answer a scientific question, or solve a
scientific problem
b collect data from primary or secondary sources, including using ICT
sources and tools
c work accurately and safely, individually and with others, when collecting
first-hand data
d evaluate methods of collection of data and consider their validity and
reliability as evidence.
Communication skills
Pupils should be taught to:
a recall, analyse, interpret, apply and question scientific information or ideas
b use both qualitative and quantitative approaches
c present information, develop an argument and draw a conclusion, using
scientific, technical and mathematical language, conventions and symbols
and ICT tools.
Turkey
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Here is a link to the new WP3 Mind The Gap scientific literacy site which uses concept maps and videos to create a learning environment about scientific literacy taught with Inquiry Based Science Methods. The site will be posted here after during the Lyon conference so you everyone can look it over. It is obviously under construction and comments about what might be useful in teacher education and what could be made more useful will be appreciated.
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