College Board@ recognizes that Science is a complex
pursuit comprising many methods. The Science Practices that
they recognize, and we are responsible for the following (summarized from CED
2019):
| Science Practice | Skills |
| 1)Models and Representations | Describe components of a model using particulate-level diagrams. |
| Describe components of a models using different scales from particulate scale to macroscopic. | |
| 2)Question and Method | Identify a testable question based on observation, data, or a model. |
| Formulate a hypothesis or predict results of an experiment. | |
| Identify what the appropriate procedure(s) may be to answer a given question. | |
| Make observations or collect data from lab set-ups to an appropriate level of precision. | |
| Identify potential sources of error. | |
| Explain how changes to an experiment will alter results. | |
| 3) Representing Data and Phenomena | Use appropriate graphing to illustrate chemical phenomena. |
| Use diagrams or models to illustrate chemical changes or phenomena such as electron configurations. | |
| Represent the relationship between chemical structures and interactions across multiple scales. | |
| 4) Model analysis | Explain properties or phenomena using given chemical theories, models, and representations. |
| Explain whether a model is consistent with chemical theories. | |
| Explain the connection between particulate level and macroscopic properties using models and representations. | |
| Explain the degree to which a given model
explains properties or phenomena.
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| 5) Mathematical Routines | Identify the quantities needed to solve a problem from given information. |
| Identify the appropriate theory, definition or mathematical relationship to solve a problem. | |
| Explain how on variable will respond as another is altered. | |
| Identify information presented graphically to solve a problem. | |
| Balance equations for a given chemical reaction. | |
| Calculate, estimate, or predict an answer by choosing appropriate methods and precision. | |
| 6) Argumentation | Make a scientific claim. |
| Support a scientific claim with evidence from experimentation. | |
| Support a claim with evidence from models. | |
| Provide reasoning to justify a claim using appropriate theory, principle, laws, mathematical routines. | |
| Provide reasoning using connections between particulate-level diagrams and macroscopic properties. | |
| Explain the connection between experimental results and chemical concepts, processes, or theories. | |
| Explain how sources of experimental error may affect the experimental results. |