Scientific principles

Scientific Numeracy

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Practise a variety of numerical skills, including displaying numbers, working with numbers and units, averages and data spread, rearranging and solving equations, and graphs.

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Convert and display numbers to different precisions and common scientific format
Describe and use ratio and percentages, including % increase and decrease, in scientific contexts
Work with a range of scientific units and convert experimental values between different units
Calculate basic descriptive statistics of a dataset, and identify high and low experimental accuracy and precision
Rearrange and solve different scientific formulae, and explain the relationship between variables in a formula
Name different graph types, identify experimental outliers, plot high-quality graph and use trendline equation

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Skills

Concepts, Principles and Theories

Define what is meant by accuracy and precision
Define scientific notation and how we represent numbers in this format
Define when it is appropriate to think in terms of decimal places and significant figures in a value

Manipulating and Presenting Data

How to round a value to the requested decimal places or significant figures
How to calculate percentage and percentage change
How to write values as powers of 10
How to convert between metric prefixes and apply to calculations
How to determine the most suitable graph type for a given set of data
Define what should be plotted on each axes of a graph and how to select suitable ranges

Interpreting and Analysing Data

How to identify the slope and intercept value from the trendline equation
How to rearrange the trendline equation to calculate the concentration of an unknown
How to determine the central tendencies and distribution for a set of data
How to identify outliers in a set of data
How to rearrange and solve the C₁V₁ = C₂V₂, pH and proton concentration and ideal gas law equations

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