Year 10 Science

Year 10 Science

The Junior Science programme is a two year course. In Year 10 Science, students continue to develop the skills, attitudes, and values to build a foundation for understanding the world. These outcomes are learnt through contextual units in which scientific knowledge and understanding is developed.

Each unit of work in Year 10 brings together relevant theory from the chemistry, biology, physics, and earth science, with content based on an essential question about the world that we live in.

Year 10 Topics:

• The Big Spill - identification of different chemicals and explaining effects of changes within an ecosystem
• Keeping New Zealand Green - focusing on plant processes and how plants contribute to biodiversity
• I've Got The Power - analysis of electrical circuits and structuring of investigations
• Buildings, Structures and Materials - application of force concepts and metal reactions to buildings and structures
• Move It or Lose It - describing motion and explaining human body processes related to movement
• New Zealand's Past, Present and Future - looking at how New Zealand changes over time with respect to its geology and to genetics

As this course makes extensive use of digital learning material, it is expected that students will have a laptop or other suitable learning device available for each class when required.

Assessment:

Students will experience a variety of forms of assessment that contribute to their report. Students in all classes, including the extension classes, are taught from the same set of topics with the same essential question. Extension classes will look at the same concepts with greater depth and breadth, guided by the students' own interest. 

Results from assessments in this course contribute to the Overall Level of Performance in Science during Year 10.

Students in all Year 10 classes study the same content, sitting the same common tests and examinations.