Science and Technology 11 Draft Learning Outcomes Province of British Columbia Ministry of Education Table of Contents Science and Technology 11 Overview • Science K to 12 • Science and Technology 11 Goal Statements Implementation Support Learning Outcomes - Introduction • Introductory Topic (core) Learning Outcomes - Human and Natural Systems • Health Tehnologies (core) • Recreational Technology • Forestry • Resource Management Learning Outcomes - Inventions and Discoveries • The Computer (core) • Space • Waste: Technology's By-Product • Technology for the Home • Technology of the Home Learning Outcomes - Tools and Processes • Information Technology (core) • Military and Defense Technology • Transportation Learning Outcomes - Society and Change • The Future (core) • Energy and Environmental Trade-offs • Food Production and Distribution Science and Technology 11 Overview Science Kto 12 Science and Technology 11 The Science K to 12 curriculum provides Science and Technology 11 addresses our students with opportunities to apply the basic understanding of inventions and discoveries and concepts, principles, laws, and theories of how science and technology affects the well­ science through scientific inquiry. Over the 13 being of individuals and our global society. years, students will gain the knowledge, skills, Students learn invention, entrepreneurship, and and attitudes required to become a scientifically experimentation by the practical application of literate citizen through active participation in skills in business, science, formal debate, and their science studies. The Science K to 12 technology. The course gives students curriculum will allow scientifically literate opportunities to appreciate the history of citizens to act responsibly in making informed science, technology, and human thought; to learn decisions about oneself, the home, the ethical, responsible decision making; and to workplace, and the global community. apply the skills of innovation in exploring the challenges of life. Science and Technology 11 is a selected studies course and part of the Science K to 12 Science and Technology 11 consists of four inter­ curriculum. This curriculum is a minor revision related curriculum organizers. Each organizer of the existing curriculum guide. A complete consists of one core topic and several optional Integrated Resource Package (IRP) for Science topics. The curriculum organizers are: Human and Technology 11, including learning outcomes, and Natural Systems, Inventions and Discoveries, instructional strategies, assessment strategies, Tools and Processes, and Society and Change. and learning resources will be available in April 1995. Goal Statements ► To develop in students an appreciation of the interactive nature of science, technology, and society ► To develop in students the ability to respond critically to technological issues It is expected that students will: It is expected that students will: • • • recognize technology’s increasing scientific and technological issues are impact on society influenced by values understand that society controls • technological development • understand that society influences and understand that technology is both a understand how evidence and opinion are determined • responds to scientific activity * recognize that decisions concerning potential for both a positive and negative apply decision-making skills to problem solving • cause and a resuIt of scientific activity analyze decisions involved in the development, implementation, and use of technologies ► To enable students to gain knowledge of technologies as applications of science It is expected that students will: • understand that technology is an application of the concepts and principles of science • recognize that historical events have shaped and will continue to shape technologies • use knowledge of technologies in practical situations • examine technology’s effect on the skills and knowledge required by the workforce • explore alternative solutions to problems arising from technological issues Implementation Support The Ministry of Education will support the • Throughout the spring, the Ministry will implementation of the Science and Technology 11 assess the need for regional forums and curriculum in the following ways: district school-based workshops on Science and Technology 11. These workshops will • The Integrated Resource Package (IRP) for help teachers and districts commence the Science and Technology 11 will be available in implementation of the new curriculum in April 1995. The IRP will provide teachers September 1995. The inclusion of Science with the learning outcomes prescribed for each and Technology 11 in summer institutes grade level, suggested instructional and which are being planned for July and August assessment strategies, details of recommended 1995 is being considered. learning resources, and methods of evaluation. The IRP for Science and Technology 11 will allow teachers to make use of new resources that have been identified or created for use with the Science and Technology 1 1 distance learning package. • • Full implementation is expected in 1996/97. In addition, the Ministry will continue to work with our education partners to support the implementation process in a variety of ways within available resources. Introduction It is expected that students will: • Distinguish between science and technology • Give examples of how: • science has influenced society • science has given rise to technology • society influences the development of science • society influences the development of technology • technology affects society • technology facilitates and motivates scientific activity ♦ Explain why there has been a population explosion during the past century • Outline the concept of the “global village” and relate our society’s well-being to the well-being of the rest of the world • Outline the need to direct our technologies, finances, and efforts toward solving some of the crucial problems of the world • Distinguish between fact and opinion • Describe how issues are influenced by people’s values Human and Natural Systems It is expected that students will: • Describe the interactions of science and technology in the development of modern medical technologies • Suggest or create a possible technological solution to a problem • Relate societal values to the use and emphases of health technologies and technological development • Contrast positive and negative impacts of an increased life span • Outline ways that technology can produce leisure time • • • • Identify the major technological concentrations in the forest industry of B.C. • Describe the interactions of science and technology in a specific technological concentration in the B.C. forest industry • Compare the impact of forest resource uses with that of environmental protection • Identify the impact of technological development on occupations in the forest industry • Describe the potential costs and benefits of extracting a specific resource from the environment Describe how technology is used to develop innovations in specific recreational activities • Describe the technological advance made in the methods of extraction over the past 100 years Identify and describe the effect of technology on the development of specific recreations • Describe the changes that the workforce has undergone during this same period Describe the historical development of the technologies used in a specific recreation, as well as the science on which they are based • List internal and external (outside B.C.) forces that control the rate of resource harvesting • Describe the difficulties that are still present in the extraction of the resource and predict the direction technology will take to solve these difficulties • Describe the role of current scientific research in improving extraction techniques for a resource • Provide evidence that the use of recreational technologies involves personal and societal values • Evaluate and select recreational equipment suited to their needs ■ Inventions and Discoveries It is expected that students will: • Trace the scientific and technological developments involved with the computer • Identify the influences of technologies on family life and the home • Describe how the computer has altered the work patterns in traditional work settings • Trace or outline the development of specific home appliances • Describe how the computer has altered the work patterns in industrial settings • Discuss the changes in lifestyles allowed by labour-saving appliances in the home • Describe the impact of computers on a specific organization • • List products and opportunities made possible by the development of the computer and suggest possible future advancements Describe the interaction of science and technology in the development of a specific appliance or home technology • Identify impacts of the computer or microprocessor on the home and home technologies and suggest possible future implications • Describe the interactions of technology and society in the development of alternative forms of shelter • Describe the interactions of science and technology in shelter design • Identify or describe technological advances in the service systems of a modern house • Relate safety and building codes to the specific service systems involved, and identify the scientific basis for such codes • Discuss the major issues or concerns that the computer’s capacity has provided society and explore potential solutions • Relate space technologies to concepts and principles of science • Describe new areas of scientific and technological activity that have been generated by space technologies • Outline the influence of historical, political, and economic factors on space technologies and sciences • Discriminate between science and science fiction in terms of space technologies • Identify undesirable and unexpected by-products and relate them to specific technologies • Describe the interactions of technology and society in the historical development of a specific waste management technology • Relate individual responsibilities to societal waste problems Tools and Processes It is expected that students will: • • • • Outline the development of the computer and telecommunications networks • Relate the term “global village” to the growth of telecommunications networks Investigate the impact of transportation technologies on their own lifestyles • Describe the interaction of science and technology in the development of information technology Describe the contribution of transportation technologies to the evolution of a “global village” • Describe the impacts of information technology on the workforce and suggest possible future trends Describe the interactions between society and technology as they relate to side effects of transportation systems • Outline the scientific and technological development of a specific transportation technology • Analyze the impact of information technology on personal lifestyles and societal values and suggest possible responses • Identify military and defense technologies as major global economic activities • Identify increases in destructive power and remoteness in the history of military and defense technologies • Relate the history of military conflict to the accelerated development of specific technologies • Describe the effects of military and defense technologies on the shaping of society • Analyze decisions involved in the development, implementation, or use of military and defense technologies Society and Change It is expected that students will: • Outline the use of technologies for prediction and compare technological and non-technological predictions • Describe the relationships among world food production, world food shortages, and world food distribution • Describe the societal impacts of increasing technological change and suggest possible responses • Describe and analyze the ways that society directs the development of food production, food processing, and food distribution technologies • Analyze the effects of technologies on society and predict future effects • Identify examples of food production technologies in British Columbia • Demonstrate an awareness that decisions made today will influence the future of society • Relate the effects of changing technology in food production and processing to the changes in skills required by the workforce • Describe the interactions between science and technology that contribute to food plant and food animal production • Relate energy systems to corresponding natural resources in British Columbia • Identify the environmental impacts and societal benefits attributable to a specific source of energy • Describe the interactions of society and technology involved in the choice and development of a B.C. energy source • Describe the interactions between society and technology involved in the choice and development of energy systems and their technologies • Identify technologies created by society’s concern for dwindling non-renewable energy resources Province of British Columbia Ministry of Education Printed on recycled paper