CONNECTED, LEVEL 3 2015, Fact or Fiction? Catching a Duck by Renata Hopkins Overview The duck” referred to in the title of this article is in fact a “space shaped comet. It is this comet that scientists sent the Rosetta probe and its lander, Philae, to examine. The article describes how the mission was conceived and developed and the bumpy landing that eventuated. That landing might have been a disaster but has proved to be of great benefit, generating even more data than was originally anticipated. A Google Slides version of this article is available at . This text also has additional digital content, trial is available online at www.connected.tki.org.nz. Science capability: Critique evidence Text characteristics A clearly structured article with headings that Science knowledge is based on data derived from direct signal the information in each section and help the or indirect observations of the natural physical world. reader to navigate the trial. An inference is a conclusion drawn from those observations; it is the meaning you make from the Photographs and diagrams that clarify or extend observations. Understanding the difference between an the text and may require some interpretation. observation and an inference is an important step towards Many subject-specific and technical words with being scientifically literate. their meanings explained in the running text and in the glossary. ready, willing, and able to critique evidence is also an important step towards being scientifically literate. Students must be able to assess the quality and reliability of both the observations (data) and the inferences made from those observations. In order to know what sorts of questions to ask to evaluate the trustworthiness of data, students need both methodological knowledge (how data is generated and collected) and statistical knowledge (how data is collated and analysed). For more information about the evidence” science “Critique capability, go to Curriculum context SCIENCE NATURE OF SCIENCE: PLANET EARTH AND BEYOND: Key Nature of Science ideas Understanding about science Astronomical systems Scientists: Achievement objectives Achievement objective evaluate the trustworthiness of L3: Students will appreciate that L3: Students will investigate the data by asking questions about science is a way of explaining components of the solar system, investigations carried out by others the world and that science developing an appreciation of the undertake more than one to knowledge changes over time. distances between them. provide sufficient evidence to support a conclusion Students will identify ways in which scientists work together
CONNECTED, LEVEL 3 2015, Fact or Fiction? Catching a Duck by Renata Hopkins Overview The “space duck” referred to in the title of this article is in fact a comet. It is this comet that scientists sent the Rosetta probe and its lander, Philae, to examine. The article describes how the mission was conceived and developed and the bumpy landing that eventuated. That landing might have been a disaster but has proved to be of great benefit, generating even more data than was originally anticipated. A Google Slides version of this article is available at . This text also has additional digital content, is available online at www.connected.tki.org.nz. Science capability: Critique evidence Text characteristics Science knowledge is based on data derived from direct or indirect observations of the natural physical world. An inference is a conclusion drawn from those observations; it is the meaning you make from the observations. Understanding the difference between an observation and an inference is an important step towards being scientifically literate. ready, willing, and able to critique evidence is also an important step towards being scientifically literate. Students must be able to assess the quality and reliability of both the observations (data) and the inferences made from those observations. In order to know what sorts of questions to ask to evaluate the trustworthiness of data, students need both methodological knowledge (how data is generated and collected) and statistical knowledge (how data is collated and analysed). For more information about the “Critique evidence” science capability, go to A clearly structured article with headings that signal the information in each section and help the reader to navigate the Photographs and diagrams that clarify or extend the text and may require some interpretation. Many subject-specific and technical words with their meanings explained in the running text and in the glossary. Curriculum context SCIENCE NATURE OF SCIENCE: Understanding about science Achievement objectives L3: Students will appreciate that science is a way of explaining the world and that science knowledge changes over time. Students will identify ways in which scientists work together PLANET EARTH AND BEYOND: Astronomical systems Achievement objective L3: Students will investigate the components of the solar system, developing an appreciation of the distances between them. Key Nature of Science ideas Scientists: evaluate the trustworthiness of data by asking questions about investigations carried out by others undertake more than one trial to provide sufficient evidence to support a conclusion shaped trial.
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