Science - Year 10

Mandatory: Yes

Duration: Full year

Description

The year 10 Science course supports students to further develop their scientific understanding and advance their inquiry skills and appreciation of science as a human endeavor and to lay the foundation for study of various stage 1 science subjects, through a consideration of the following areas.

• Biological Science: Genetics and heredity, natural selection and theory of evolution.
• Earth and Space Science: the Big Bang theory and evidence for the theory, models of energy flow and their use to explain global climate patterns.
• Physical Science: laws of motion and their relationship to road safety.
• Chemical Science: structure of atom and the development of the periodic table, chemical reactions and factors impacting rates of reactions.

Students collaborate with peers to explore issues, design investigations, assess risk and put safety procedures in place, form hypothesis, identify variables, collect and analyse the necessary data and effectively communicate findings through reports.  This course provides students with a foundation in the use of scientific method and prepares them for study in the stage 1 science related fields of Biology, Chemistry, Physics or Psychology.