About this course
Scientific enquiry skills for KS3 and KS4
Diagnose and Treat is a critical thinking course that encourages you to put your scientific skills to the test as you work in a team to research and evaluate a case.
Learning outcomes
- Improve scientific enquiry skills through solving problems set in real life scientific contexts.
- Develop independent enquiry skills and improve metacognition through the use of self evaluation.
- Increase understanding of how and why decisions about science and technology are made, and about the effects of such decisions.
Whether you are in KS3 or KS4 the Diagnose and Treat activities will help you develop your subject, independent learning and collaborative skills. The tasks also give you the opportunity to demonstrate higher levels of achievement and meet level 7, 8, A and A* criteria.
For example:
- the what am I task enables you to analyse and evaluate evidence from observation
- the what's wrong with me task gives you the opportunity to explore how scientific data can be collected, analysed and interpreted, and demonstrates your independent enquiry skills in supporting conclusions using reasoned arguments and evidence
- the test results and diagnoses task allows you to show that you can use scientific ideas and models to generate and test theories
- the treatment plans task will develop your understanding of how and why decisions about science are made, including those that raise ethical issues
- the presentations task will demonstrate your use of appropriate methods to communicate scientific information.
For more detail about how each task contributes towards KS3 and 4 assessment and achievement see the how Diagnose and Treat supports subject and skill objectives document.