● Recognizes there is much not known in a science field and that the most significant discovery
may be announced tomorrow.
● Recognizes that scientific literacy is a process of acquiring, analyzing, synthesizing, coding,
evaluating, and utilizing achievements in science and technology in human and social contexts.
● Recognizes the symbiotic relationships between science and technology and between science,
technology, and human affairs.
● Recognizes the everyday reality of ways in which science and technology serve human
adaptive capacities, and enriches one’s capital.
● Recognizes that science–social problems are generally resolved by collaborative rather than
individual action.
● Recognizes that the immediate solution of a science–social problem may create a related
problem later.
● Recognizes that short- and long-term solutions to a problem may not have the same answer