Demonstrate understanding of science-related claims in communicated information
This standard asks you to look at science claims in articles, advertisements, social media, or other information sources and understand how they're communicated. You need to identify what the source is and why they're sharing the information, spot the science language or conventions (like graphs, sample sizes, or peer review) they use, and explain whether these actually support the claim or not.
You clearly identify the claims and the science language or conventions used, and you describe in your own words what they are and why the source included them.
You explain how specific science language or conventions (like sample size, peer review, or graphs) actually affect whether the claim is believable, and you identify weaknesses in what's missing.
You analyse multiple conventions and language choices across the claims, compare how they differ between sources, and suggest specific ways the communication could be improved to better support the claims.
Standards typically taken alongside or after this one. Same subject, grouped by level.