Science has a profound impact on our society, but it's not always easy to understand how deeply it affects our everyday lives.
By developing your science literacy skills, you will be able to:
- better understand and engage in social discussion on scientific conclusions being reported in the news
- identify the scientific issues that underly national and local decision-making
- evaluate the quality of scientific information and the methods behind it
- develop the capacity to pose and evaluate arguments based on the evidence presented to yo
Source: National Academies' (U.S.) National Education Standards