Science inquiry skills Fieldwork requires a distinct series of Explicitly teach the steps involved, steps and an accepted way of the information required and the Plan, select and use appropriate reporting on these, which EAL/D format of the final product (including investigation methods, including students may not be familiar with. required vocabulary and tense fieldwork and laboratory structures). experimentation, to collect reliable data; assess risk and address ethical issues associated with methods (ACSIS165) Science inquiry skills Experiments are a specific written EAL/D student will benefit from type of text and have language specific instruction about which Select and use appropriate features that need to be explicitly language features to use and when, equipment, including digital taught. For example, a science particularly for the passive voice, as technologies, to systematically and experiment report firstly states its this is a construction that is learned accurately collect and record data aim (using the infinitive form of the much later in the language (ACSIS166) verb for example, to observe what development continuum. – happens when water is heated to 100 degrees Celsius), then safety considerations (using the imperative form of the verb for example, wear – safety glasses because ...), then the materials needed (in a list), then the procedure (using passive verbs in the past tense), then the observations results (using verbs in the past simple tense), and then an evaluation (discussion in the passive past – simple tense; and a conclusion in – the passive present tense). Science inquiry skills These tasks require specific Explicitly model the text structures, knowledge of the accepted ways of language and tenses required Analyse patterns and trends in data, reporting the analysis, describing the through classroom modelling and the including describing relationships relationships observed and how to use of exemplar texts and/or guided between variables and identifying identify inconsistencies. Language in writing outlines. inconsistencies (ACSIS169) these functions is used in an abstract sense and often in the passive voice (for example, it is suggested, the temperature was lowered by the use of x, the incidence of x has been reduced since the inclusion of y). Science inquiry skills Conclusions are made using the Provide examples of how passive voice (for example, It can be conclusions are appropriately Use knowledge of scientific concepts concluded that ...). expressed. to draw conclusions that are consistent with evidence (ACSIS170)
Science inquiry skills Plan, select and use appropriate investigation methods, including fieldwork and laboratory experimentation, to collect reliable data; assess risk and address ethical issues associated with methods (ACSIS165) Fieldwork requires a distinct series of steps and an accepted way of reporting on these, which EAL/D students may not be familiar with. Explicitly teach the steps involved, the information required and the format of the final product (including required vocabulary and tense structures). Science inquiry skills Select and use appropriate equipment, including digital technologies, to systematically and accurately collect and record data (ACSIS166) Experiments are a specific written type of text and have language features that need to be explicitly taught. For example, a science experiment report firstly states its aim (using the infinitive form of the verb – for example, to observe what happens when water is heated to 100 degrees Celsius), then safety considerations (using the imperative form of the verb – for example, wear safety glasses because ...), then the materials needed (in a list), then the procedure (using passive verbs in the past tense), then the observations results (using verbs in the past simple tense), and then an evaluation (discussion – in the passive past simple tense; and a conclusion – in the passive present tense). EAL/D student will benefit from specific instruction about which language features to use and when, particularly for the passive voice, as this is a construction that is learned much later in the language development continuum. Science inquiry skills Analyse patterns and trends in data, including describing relationships between variables and identifying inconsistencies (ACSIS169) These tasks require specific knowledge of the accepted ways of reporting the analysis, describing the relationships observed and how to identify inconsistencies. Language in these functions is used in an abstract sense and often in the passive voice (for example, it is suggested, the temperature was lowered by the use of x, the incidence of x has been reduced since the inclusion of y). Explicitly model the text structures, language and tenses required through classroom modelling and the use of exemplar texts and/or guided writing outlines. Science inquiry skills Use knowledge of scientific concepts to draw conclusions that are consistent with evidence (ACSIS170) Conclusions are made using the passive voice (for example, It can be concluded that ...). Provide examples of how conclusions are appropriately expressed.
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