AC9S7I06 Year 7 Science

Content descriptor analyse methods, conclusions and claims for assumptions, possible sources of error, conflicting evidence and unanswered questions

Elaborations

• • Elaboration identifying and considering indicators of the quality of the data when analysing results to identify unanswered questions
• • Elaboration evaluating the method used in an investigation, identifying assumptions made about variables that should be controlled, suggesting ways it could be improved and giving reasons for the suggested changes
• • Elaboration analysing conclusions and claims to identify facts or premises that are taken for granted to be true, and considering their relevance to conclusions
• • Elaboration considering the spread of repeated measurements and observations
• • Elaboration identifying possible sources of error in the method used and describing how the method could be improved to remove these sources of error
• • Elaboration identifying the evidence being cited to support a claim and evaluating conflicting evidence