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The outcomes below can be addressed at the high school level as indicated in each of the themes.

Theme 1: About radioactivity

Outcomes

SCCS0601
  • relate the properties of fundamental groupings of substances to the nature of their constituent particles
SCCS0603
  • specify the characteristics, chemical reactions and usefulness to society of groups of similar substances
SCCS0604
  • represent chemical change, using chemical symbols and formulas
Skills, processes and procedures

Design

Students design and carry out a range of types of scientific investigations involving the control of variables and the design of measurement or sampling procedures.

Summary task

Outcomes
SCCS0601
  • relate the properties of fundamental groupings of substances to the nature of their constituent particles
SCCS0603
  • specify the characteristics, chemical reactions and usefulness to society of groups of similar substances
SCCS0604
  • represent chemical change, using chemical symbols and formulas

Theme 2: Life in the nuclear age

Outcomes

SCCS0601
  • relate the properties of fundamental groupings of substances to the nature of their constituent particles
Skills, processes and procedures

Measurement

Students recognise the inherent variability of experimental data and devise and justify measurement procedures that improve precision.

Data handling and interpretation

Students use a range of mathematical calculations and graphical procedures to analyse their data.

Summary task

Outcomes

SCCS0601
  • relate the properties of fundamental groupings of substances to the nature of their constituent particles
Skills, processes and procedures

Acting responsibly

Students adopt an open and critical stance to evidence and its relationship to conclusions.
Students consider ethical issues relating to the application of scientific inventions and developments.

Theme 3: Using radiation

Outcomes

SCES0602
  • describe the extraction, processing and use of geological resources and associated environmental and social issues
Skills, processes and procedures

Data handling and interpretation

Students use a range of mathematical calculations and graphical procedures to analyse their data.

Summary task

Outcomes

SCCS0601
  • relate the properties of fundamental groupings of substances to the nature of their constituent particles
SCCS0603
  • specify the characteristics, chemical reactions and usefulness to society of groups of similar substances
SCES0602
  • describe the extraction, processing and use of geological resources and associated environmental and social issues
Skills, processes and procedures

Measurement

Students recognise the inherent variability of experimental data and devise and justify measurement procedures that improve precision.

Acting responsibly

Students adopt an open and critical stance to evidence and its relationship to conclusions.
Students consider ethical issues relating to the application of scientific inventions and developments.

Theme 4: Choosing nuclear futures

Skills, processes and procedures

Measurement

Students recognise the inherent variability of experimental data and devise and justify measurement procedures that improve precision.

Data handling and interpretation

Students use a range of mathematical calculations and graphical procedures to analyse their data.

Acting responsibly

Students adopt an open and critical stance to evidence and its relationship to conclusions.
Students consider ethical issues relating to the application of scientific inventions and developments.

Module summary task

Outcomes

SCCS0601
  • relate the properties of fundamental groupings of substances to the nature of their constituent particles
SCCS0603
  • specify the characteristics, chemical reactions and usefulness to society of groups of similar substances
SCCS0604
  • represent chemical change, using chemical symbols and formulas
SCES0602
  • describe the extraction, processing and use of geological resources and associated environmental and social issues
Skills, processes and procedures

Measurement

Students recognise the inherent variability of experimental data and devise and justify measurement procedures that improve precision.

Data handling and interpretation

Students use a range of mathematical calculations and graphical procedures to analyse their data.

Acting responsibly

Students adopt an open and critical stance to evidence and its relationship to conclusions.
Students consider ethical issues relating to the application of scientific inventions and developments.
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