SCIENCE Year 7 • SCIENCE
Year 8 • SCIENCE
Year 9 • SCIENCE
Year 10 • SCIENCE-CORE
OVERVIEW
OVERVIEW
OVERVIEW
OVERVIEW
Year 7 often represents the first time many students get to experience Science taught in a laboratory on a consistent basis. Therefore, the Year 7 course reflects this new shift in focus by spending time learning about their new environment and working as scientists would work. Divisions within the domain of Science become more clearly defined as topics completed take on a more physical, chemical and biological specialisation. The principles of the scientific method are taught, practised and reported on in greater detail than they have been in the past. Foundations, theories, rules and laws in science are explored through experimentation. A large emphasis is placed on inquiry-based learning, evidence gathering and conclusion formulation throughout the year.
Students begin to explore each of the scientific domains of Biology, Chemistry and Physics in greater depth and detail. Concepts begin to become a little less tangible, so the use of scientific models to explain natural phenomena becomes very important for students to make sense of things that are frequently unable to be detected by the five senses of the human body. Students begin to analyse these models for their features and their flaws in order to explore and interpret the world around them.
Science provides an empirical way of answering interesting and important questions about the biological, physical and technological world. Science is a dynamic, collaborative and creative human endeavour, arising from our desire to make sense of our world through exploring the unknown, investigating universal mysteries, making predictions and solving problems.
In Year 10 Science students undertake practical investigations and test key scientific questions to provide empirical evidence about the biological, physical and technological world. Students study the subjects of Biology, Chemistry and Physics, which provide a pathway to VCE study. Students can also choose to undertake further study in Science through the electives of Year 10 Psychology or Investigating Biology, which both link to VCE Pathways.
A typical student in Year 7 can expect to experience time working as a scientist, become familiar with the properties of substances, classify living things and where they live, experience the forces that drive the natural world and machines that exploit these forces and separate mixtures.
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A typical Year 8 Student will explore energy and its applications and transformations, delve into the biological world of cells and then look outwards into the systems of the body to keep it functioning successfully. They will explore chemical reactions and chemical substances and their application on a local and global stage as well as in relation to energy and systems within the body.
Students study the core subjects of Biology, Chemistry and Physics, which provide a pathway to VCE study. Topics include: The Atom; Body Coordination; Radiation; Disease; Reaction Types; and Electrical Energy.
