Science

Core Science

This course is designed to provide students with a depth of science knowledge, skills and techniques to allow them to relate science to their lives. 

Content

This course covers the following main areas of study: 

• Science Understanding – Understanding of symbols and equations, energy changes in chemical, physical, biological and earth science contexts, the linking of chemical physical, biological and earth sciences to solve problems – Students cover this through the investigation of the topics of Forensics, Control & Coordination, Energy in Ecosystems, Inside the Atom, Chemical Change, The dynamic Earth, and Energy transmissions 
• Science as a Human Endeavour – Nature and development of science and scientific understanding, including models and theories, are contestable and are refined over time through a process of review by the scientific community 
• Science Inquiry Skills – Questioning and predicting, Planning and conducting, processing and analysing data and information, evaluating and communicating

This course covers the following main areas of study: 

• Research, relationships and experimental design
• Exploration of key concepts which are pivotal to Chemistry, Physics, Earth Science and Biology 

Assessment

Inquiry based learning, research tasks and topic tests.