A B C D E The folio of student work has the following characteristics: identification and identification and identification and guided identification and directed identification construction of questions construction of questions construction of questions guided construction of and directed and problems that can be and problems that can be and problems that can be questions and problems for construction of investigated scientifically investigated scientifically investigated scientifically investigation questions and problems predicting and the making of justified and the making of plausible for investigation predictions predictions Questioning and planning of planning of planning of partial planning of use of provided investigations that: investigations that: investigations that: investigations that: investigations methods describe how to describe the consider safety and consider safety and manage safety and implications of safety ethics ethics identification of ethical and ethics safety considerations identify variables to identify variables to be considerations considerations experimental be changed, changed, measured conducting skills or identify and identify and measured and and controlled describe how describe how controlled and methods) variables are variables are field changed, measured changed, measured inquiry and controlled and controlled Planning accurate collection of accurate collection of Science reliable data data (including following of conventions following of conventions construction of partial construction of partial construction to construct accurate to construct representations of data representations of data to of representations of representations of data representations of data to reveal and analyse partially reveal patterns data and and to reveal and analyse to reveal and analyse patterns and trends and trends statements about patterns and trends patterns and trends data use of these patterns drawing of conclusions data use of these patterns use of these patterns and trends when and trends when and trends when justifying conclusions information explaining relationships describing relationships Processing to justify conclusions when justifying analysing conclusions
A B C D E The folio of student work has the following characteristics: Science inquiry skills Questioning and predicting identification and construction of questions and problems that can be investigated scientifically and the making of justified predictions identification and construction of questions and problems that can be investigated scientifically and the making of plausible predictions identification and construction of questions and problems that can be investigated scientifically guided identification and guided construction of questions and problems for investigation directed identification and directed construction of questions and problems for investigation Planning and conducting (including field or experimental methods) planning of investigations that: describe how to manage safety and ethical considerations identify and describe how variables are changed, measured and controlled accurate collection of reliable data planning of investigations that: describe the implications of safety and ethics considerations identify and describe how variables are changed, measured and controlled accurate collection of data planning of investigations that: consider safety and ethics identify variables to be changed, measured and controlled partial planning of investigations that: consider safety and ethics identify variables to be changed, measured and controlled use of provided investigations methods identification of safety considerations Processing and analysing data and information following of conventions to construct accurate representations of data to reveal and analyse patterns and trends use of these patterns and trends when explaining relationships to justify conclusions following of conventions to construct representations of data to reveal and analyse patterns and trends use of these patterns and trends when describing relationships when justifying conclusions construction of representations of data to reveal and analyse patterns and trends use of these patterns and trends when justifying conclusions partial construction of representations of data to partially reveal patterns and trends drawing of conclusions partial construction of representations of data statements about data
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