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.