Science Marks

Unlike Literacy and Mathematics, the mark on the report card for Science is a single percentage.  This will even occur if you've been taught two different strands in a term (e.g., Ecosystems and Structures)

Science is more than the memorization of facts and definitions.  It's about thinking, investigating, communicating, and applying what you've learned to the world around you.  So, I will look at your work for evidence of learning in the following four categories when determining your report card mark:

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING

• know the content (e.g., facts, definitions, safe use of tools and equipment, and materials)
• understand the content (e.g., concepts, ideas, theories, principles)

THINKING AND INVESTIGATION

• use planning skills and strategies (e.g., create questions, identify a problem, develop an hypothesis, select strategies and resources, make plans etc.)
• use processing and planning skills (e.g., preform, record, gather evidence and data, observing, manipulating materials, using equipment safely, proving etc.)
• use creative/critical thinking skills and strategies (e.g., analyze, interpret, problem solve, evaluate, justify conclusions based on the basis of evidence etc.) 

COMMUNICATION

• express and organize your ideas (e.g, clear ideas, logical organization) in oral, visual, and/or written forms (e.g. diagrams, models)
• communicate for different audiences (e.g., teacher, classmates, adults) and purposes (e.g., to inform, to persuade) in different forms (oral/visual/written)
• use conventions, vocabulary, and terminology (e.g., symbols, formulas, scientific notation, SI units) in different forms (oral/visual/written)

APPLICATION

• apply the knowledge and skills you learn in familiar contexts (situations)
• transfer the knowledge and skills you learned to unfamiliar contexts (situations)
• make connections between science, society and the environment (e.g., assess the impact of science on people, other living things, and the environment)
• propose courses of practical action to deal with problems related to science, society, and the environment