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Scientific Investigation Skills
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SIS.01 - demonstrate an understanding of safety practices
by selecting, operating, and storing equipment appropriately, and by acting in accordance with the Workplace Hazardous Materials
Information System (WHMIS) legislation in selecting and applying appropriate techniques for handling, storing, and disposing
of laboratory materials (e.g., wear appropriate protective clothing when handling radioactive substances);
SIS.02 - select appropriate instruments
and use them effectively and accurately in collecting observations and data (e.g., select appropriate instruments,
such as stopwatches, photogates, and/or data loggers, when preparing an investigation concerning the law of conservation of
energy);
SIS.03 - demonstrate the skills
required to design and carry out experiments related to the topics under study, controlling major variables and adapting or
extending procedures where required (e.g., design an experiment to determine the relationship between the force applied to
a spring and the extension produced);
SIS.04 - locate, select, analyse,
and integrate information on topics under study, working independently and as part of a team, and using
appropriate library and electronic research tools, including Internet sites;
SIS.05 - compile, organize, and
interpret data, using appropriate formats and treatments, including tables, flow charts, graphs, and diagrams
(e.g., analyse the forces acting on an object, using free-body diagrams);
SIS.06 - use appropriate scientific
models (theories, laws, explanatory devices) to explain and predict the behaviour of natural phenomena;
SIS.07 - analyse and synthesize
information for the purpose of identifying problems for inquiry, and solve the problems using a variety of
problem-solving skills;
SIS.08 - select and use
appropriate SI units, and apply unit analysis techniques when solving problems;
SIS.09 - select and use
appropriate numeric, symbolic, graphical, and linguistic modes of representation
(e.g., algebraic equations, vector diagrams, ray diagrams, graphs, graphing programs, spreadsheets) to communicate
scientific ideas, plans, and experimental results;
SIS.10 - communicate the procedures
and results of investigations and research for specific purposes using data tables, laboratory reports, and
research papers, and account for discrepancies between theoretical and experimental values with reference
to experimental uncertainty;
SIS.11 - express the result of
any calculation involving experimental data to the appropriate number of decimal places or significant figures;
SIS.12 - identify and describe
science- and technology-based careers related to the subject area under study (e.g., mechanical engineer, civil engineer,
medical doctor, astronomer, air-traffic controller, nuclear physicist).
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