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demonstrate an understanding of safety practices by selecting, operating, and
storing equipment appropriately, and by acting in accordance with the Workplace
Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) legislation in selecting and
applying appropriate techniques for handling, storing, and disposing of
laboratory materials (e.g., wear appropriate protective clothing when handling
radioactive substances);
* select appropriate instruments and use them effectively and accurately in
collecting observations and data (e.g., select appropriate instruments, such as
stopwatches, photogates, and/or data loggers, when preparing an investigation
concerning the law of conservation of energy);
* demonstrate the skills required to design and carry out experiments related to
the topics under study, controlling major variables and adapting or extending
procedures where required (e.g., design an experiment to determine the
relationship between the force applied to a spring and the extension produced);
* locate, select, analyse, and integrate information on topics under study,
working independently and as part of a team, and using appropriate library and
electronic research tools, including Internet sites;
* compile, organize, and interpret data, using appropriate formats and
treatments, including tables, flow charts, graphs, and diagrams (e.g., analyse
the forces acting on an object, using free-body diagrams);
* use appropriate scientific models (theories, laws, explanatory devices) to
explain and predict the behaviour of natural phenomena;
* analyse and synthesize information for the purpose of identifying problems for
inquiry, and solve the problems using a variety of problem-solving skills;
* select and use appropriate SI units, and apply unit analysis techniques when
solving problems;
* select and use appropriate numeric, symbolic, graphical, and linguistic modes
of representation (e.g., algebraic equations, vector diagrams, ray diagrams,
graphs, graphing programs, spreadsheets) to communicate scientific ideas, plans,
and experimental results;
* communicate the procedures and results of investigations and research for
specific purposes using data tables, laboratory reports, and research papers,
and account for discrepancies between theoretical and experimental values with
reference to experimental uncertainty;
* express the result of any calculation involving experimental data to the
appropriate number of decimal places or significant figures;
* identify and describe science- and technology-based careers related to the
subject area under study (e.g., mechanical engineer, civil engineer, medical
doctor, astronomer, air-traffic controller, nuclear physicist).
Evaluation:70% is based on tests, quizzes, January Exam, assignments
