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Communication in science
This objective refers to enabling students to develop their communication skills in science. Students should be able to understand scientific information, such as data, ideas, arguments and investigations, and communicate it using appropriate scientific language in a variety of communication modes and formats as appropriate.
At the end of the course, students should be able to:
communicate scientific information using a range of scientificlanguage
communicate scientific information using appropriate modes ofcommunication
present scientific information in a variety of formats, acknowledging sources as appropriate
demonstrate honesty when handling data and information, acknowledging sources as appropriate
use where appropriate a range of information and communication technology applications to access, process and communicate scientificinformation.
Knowledge and understanding of science
This objective refers to enabling students to understand the main ideas and concepts of science and to apply them to solve problems in familiar and unfamiliar situations. Students are expected to develop critical and reflective thinking and judge the credibility of scientific information when this is presented to them.
At the end of the course, students should be able to:
recognizeandrecallscientificinformation
explain and apply scientific information to solve problems in familiar and unfamiliarsituations
analyse scientific information by identifying components, relationships and patterns, both in experimental data andideas
discuss and evaluate scientific information from different sources (Internet, newspaper articles, television, scientific texts and publications) and assess its credibility.Attitudesinscience
This objective goes beyond science and refers to encouraging attitudes and dispositions that will contribute to students’ development as caring and responsible individuals and members of society. This objective is set in the context of the science class but will pervade other subjects and life outside school. It includes notions of safety and responsibility when working in science as well as respect for and collaboration with others and their sharedenvironment.
Duringthecourse, studentsshould:
carry out scientific investigations using materials and techniques safely and skillfully
work effectively as members of a team, collaborating, acknowledging and supporting others as well as ensuring a safe workingenvironment
show respect for themselves and others, and deal responsibly with the living and non-livingenvironment.
Scientific research is published in an enormous range of scientific literature. Scientific journals communicate and document the results of research carried out in universities and various other research institutions, serving as an archival record of science. The first scientific journals, Journal des Sçavans followed by the Philosophical Transactions, began publication in 1665. Since that time the total number of active periodicals has steadily increased. In 1981, one estimate for the number of scientific and technical journals in publication was 11,500. The United States National Library of Medicine currently indexes 5,516 journals that contain articles on topics related to the life sciences. Although the journals are in 39 languages, 91 percent of the indexed articles are published in English.Most
scientific journals cover a single scientific field and publish the research within that field; the research is normally expressed in the form of a scientific paper. Science has become so pervasive in modern societies that it is generally considered necessary to communicate the achievements, news, and ambitions of scientists to a wider populace. Science magazines such as New Scientist, Science & Vie, and Scientific American cater to the needs of a much wider readership and provide a non-technical summary of popular areas of research, including notable discoveries and advances in certain fields of research. Science books engage the interest of many more people. Tangentially, the science fiction genre, primarily fantastic in nature, engages the public imagination and transmits the ideas, if not the methods, ofscience.
Recent efforts to intensify or develop links between science and non- scientific disciplines such as literature or more specifically, poetry, include the Creative Writing Science resource developed through the Royal Literary Fund.
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