Experimenting Badges

These badges represent a teacher and industry partner designed learning progression on how high school scholars develop and go deep as an experimenting scientist or engineer.  This involves planning, conducting, and evaluating experiments.  At the end of this list is a badge progression map, which describes when these badges are introduced and assessed across all four grades at Del Lago Academy.

You can create a representation of a data set to help someone understand an experiment.

You can systematically identify the parts of an experiment to better understand how it was planned to answer the research question.

You view pop-science stories with a skeptical eye and understand the evidence behind the headlines to make educated decisions about issues.
Safety is more than just avoiding injuries in the laboratory or the workplace. It’s about ensuring you deliver reliable results.
Use unfamiliar instrument literature to set up and operate a necessary tool for science and engineering research.
You can plan an investigation appropriate for a research question and critique experimental designs.
You can master many instruments in biotechnology by being able to create and use standard curves.
You can critique a popular science story by using primary source research.
Read a protocol and follow it to produce a replication and plan steps to get to a solution without outside assistance.
Squeaky clean leads to reliable results.

Experimenting Badge Progression Map

The following map illustrates when experiment based badges are introduced and assessed across all four grades at Del Lago Academy.