Nature of Science & Science Capabilities
The Nature of Science (NOS) strand in the New Zealand Curriculum explores how science knowledge is created and used in the world. The five science capabilities are linked to the Nature of Science sub-strands thus:
The first three capabilities link to Understanding about science (the focus is on scientists’ investigations)
The first three capabilities link to Investigating in science (the focus is on students’ investigations)
The fourth capability links to Communicating in science
The fifth capability links to Participating and contributing
- Understanding about science
- Investigating in science
I loved wathcing this video. The idea of being explicit with students about the need to critique each others work in a specific way made sure that they felt comforatable giving feedback. Giving students the opportunity to re-draft their work to achieve excellence gives them the chance to learn about the process of being scienctific and using observation skills to be accurate.
What now? I need to use this idea in my teaching to be explicit with students about how to give feedback that is specific.
- Communicating in science
- Participating and contributing