SBA Requirement. Practical Related Tasks  Area A: practical ability  Area B: planning and reporting of scientific investigation.

Slides:

Advertisements

Similar presentations

SCIENCE & TESTING. CMT-SCIENCE Given for the first time in Spring 2008 in grades 5 & 8 Consists of multiple choice and open ended questions Based on student.

Advertisements

Unit 3 SACs Ross Down & Erin Wilson.

Senior Secondary Reform Team, DECS Curriculum Services Task design – SACE Stage 2 Workshop term Part 1.

New qualification briefing April 2013 London. Introduction The new City & Guilds qualifications for IT User have been designed in response to the Secretary.

A2 Unit 4A Geography fieldwork investigation Candidates taking Unit 4A have, in section A, the opportunity to extend an area of the subject content into.

1 New Senior Secondary Mathematics Curriculum Design of Public Assessment HKEAA September 2006.

1 Technology and Living Third Consultation Assessment Framework 4 & 5 October 2006.

1 NSS Biology Public Assessment (3 rd Consultation) October 2006 HKEAA.

NSS PHYSICS PUBLIC ASSESSMENT

1 SESSION 3 FORMAL ASSESSMENT TASKS CAT and IT FORMS OF ASSESSMENT.

Department of Biology Core Courses for Majors Bio 114Organisms Bio 124Ecology and Evolution Bio 214Cell and Molecular Biology Bio 224Genetics and Development.

LIFE SKILLS: ASSESSMENT IN THE THREE STUDY AREAS PERSONAL AND SOCIAL WELL-BEING (PSW) PHYSICAL EDUCATION (PE) CREATIVE ARTS (CA)

Aims To ensure that parents, students and teachers understand the pathways for students from the Science GCSE reforms. To inform parents of important.

Biology Group 4 Project 2015 The Biological factors influencing performance in running a mile.

Jennifer Oldford PAHS All information from All information from: “Biology guide. First assessment 2016.” Welcome to IB Biology.

Mr. Lam Man Yee Hong Kong Baptist University Affiliated School Wong Kam Fai Secondary and Primary School Mr. Lam Man Yee.

Mr. Lam Man Yee Hong Kong Baptist University Affiliated School Wong Kam Fai Secondary and Primary School Mr. Lam Man Yee.

2009/2010 NSS PARENT SEMINAR ECONOMICS Subject Teacher Mr. Danny Kwok Chi Him.

Welcome to Turton High School.

BSCS 5E Teaching Model The Model is grounded in constructivism;

ICT Cambridge National. Content Assessment = 75% coursework ◦Includes 2 teacher assessed assignments. ◦1 Controlled Conditions assessment. ◦1 Examination.

Investigative study in chemistry. Investigative Study (IS) Conducted in groups of 3 to 5 students Provide students with opportunities to design and conduct.

What is Museum Box? Museum Box (Discover Box) is an online tool. Place multimedia items in the virtual box to create an understanding of a place, event,

BS618: Topics in Biology Education Getting Started with Investigative Cases A seed of an idea…… June 2010.

CSCOPE Unit 14 Lesson 01 SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY AND EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN.

Science Education Section  Aim:  To enhance the integration of the learning, teaching and assessment for quality learning  To broaden the scope.

NSS Information Kit 1 Implementation of School-Based Assessment  Some skills (e.g. data collection, implementation of a plan, laboratory skills) cannot.

WELCOME TO 7 TH GRADE ADVANCED SCIENCE Mrs. L. Krumgalz.

Inquiry A Science Standard. Standards: Sub-strands Historical Perspectives Historical Perspectives Scientific World View Scientific World View Scientific.

Investigative Study for NSS Chemistry Curriculum Raymond Fong 21 Nov 2007.

Pupils will be taught “Crucial!” lessons in year 10 and 11. These lessons are designed to improve their written communication skills. They.

1 Third Consultation on the New Academic Structure for Senior Secondary Education and Higher Education - Results and Recommendations 18 January 2007.

NSS CHEMISTRY & COMBINED SCIENCE (CHEMISTRY PART) PUBLIC ASSESSMENT Dr. Li Tak Man Manager- Assessment Development Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment.

Chemistry Curriculum Chemistry for NSS & St. Mary’s.

Assessment of Writing. Writing assignment in Chemistry Students are given a task involving reading and writing: –Read information sheet –Search and organise.

Investigative Study in Chemistry Sophia Cheng 13 October 2009.

What do we expect from our Year 9 students?. Positive attitude towards their learning. Taking responsibility for their learning. To be able to work independently.

Investigative Study for NSS Chemistry Curriculum Raymond Fong 3 November 2009.

Project Development practical procedures to practical investigations.

Why Inquiry?. What is Inquiry-based Science? Inquiry features: Questions for which answers are not already entirely known by the students and/or teachers.

Introducing Unit Specifications and Unit Assessment Support Packs Environmental Science National 3, National 4 and National 5.

Curriculum Planning in NSS Chemistry Experience Sharing Chu Suk Ching Seconded Teacher Science Education, CDI 13 Nov., 2009.

Knowledge Management Systems Comp292/492 Semester 2, 2010.

CHAN SUI KI (LA SALLE) COLLEGE. Teaching Staffs There are 3 chemistry teachers Mr. K. T. Yu (Department head) Mr. K. S. Chan Ms. P. S. Lo.

NSS BIOLOGY 1. Emphases 1. Scientific Inquiry 2. STSE Connections 3. Nature & History of Biology 3.

Assessment at KS3 for the New GCSEs Dr Alex Holmes ASE 2016 Saturday 9 th T184.

Assessment at KS3 for the New GCSEs Dr Alex Holmes ASE 2016 Saturday 9 th T184.

SAT, End of Course, SAT, End of Course, & Advanced Placement RESULTS2014 October 14, 2014 Dr. Rodney Thompson, Superintendent Dr. Kevin O’Gorman, Associate.

The Level-2 Projects for Course Clusters Haojun Sun College of Engineering Shantou University.

Topic: Applying the Steps to the Scientific Method Kerri Thomas Big Ideas: Scientific investigations involve collecting and recording evidence for explaining.

Gateway Introduction PowerPoint Modified from Dominate to Graduate PPT, Archer High School, 2014.

Year 10 New AQA Science A What you will be doing.

Skyline High School Science Department Course Offerings

NSS Biology Curriculum. NSS Biology Curriculum Structure and Time Allocation Compulsory Part(180 hours) Elective Part(50 hours) Investigative Study(20.

Integrating Western and Chinese Methods in English Teaching Chunmei Yan Central China Normal University.

EOH3401 Principle of Health (Assignments)

Pathway Subject(s): VCE Physics, Chemistry, Biology

Information and Communication Technologies

How will the new courses be assessed?

Welcome to Science at Lowton CE High School

Think Pieces We first used this sheet to introduce the think piece when discussing the portfolio. A class assignment think piece will allow me to given.

Understanding Standards An overview of course assessment

Investigating science

DSE BIOLOGY SBA.

HKDSE Curriculum History.

NSS Physics Knowledge and Values and Understanding Attitudes Learning

Revision for assessment 27/01/15

Presentation transcript:

SBA Requirement

Practical Related Tasks  Area A: practical ability  Area B: planning and reporting of scientific investigation

Minimum number of assessments for Bio SBA (Full X) Practical related taskNon-practical related task Area AArea BAssignment 2012 & 2013 exams S51 (8%) 1(6%)NA S611(6%)NA 2014 exam & thereafter S51 (6%) 1(4%)1 (6%) S611(4%)1

Minimum number of assessments for Combined Sci – biology part Practical related taskNon-practical related task Area AArea BAssignment 2012 & 2013 exams S5 1 (4%)1 (6%)NA S exam & thereafter S5 1 (3%)1 (4%)1 (3%) S6

Minimum number of practical related tasks stipulated for S5 & S6  Full X: min. 8 practical related tasks  Combined Sci – Bio part: 4 practical related tasks

Task types in Area A a. investigative practical work b. microscopic examination c. dissection of animals/animal organs d. ecology fieldwork e. biological drawing Note: (b) – (e): optional, no more than 1 assessment on these tasks will be counted in the final Area A mark

Assessment of Area B (10 marks) Part R1: 1. Design of the investigation & its underlying principles 2. Procedure Part R2: 1. Presentation of findings 2. Discussion of results 3. Conclusion R1:R2 = 4:6 or 5:5 or 6:4

Non-practical related tasks Each assignment should cover: A. Curriculum emphasis (at least one)  Scientific inquiry  STSE  Nature and history of Biology B. Generic skills (at least one)  Creativity  Critical thinking skills  Communication skills  Problem-solving skills

Non-practical related tasks – Examples of assignments that can be included:  Information searches and report writing, survey studies, field-studies or site-visit reports, designing posters / pamphlets / webpages, writing articles on scientific issues, building models or developing multimedia artefacts

Non-practical related tasks – Mark Scale Marks Quality of work PoorFairGoodExcellent

HKDSE – SBA Handbook for Biology and Combined Science (Biology Part)