Teacher in Charge: Mrs R. Kumar.
Entry CriteriaAll students in Year 10 will complete their second year of the Junior Science programme.
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:
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.
Year 11 Investigative Science, Year 11 Science Core, Year 11 Science Extension, Year 11 Science in the Workplace
Students will need to request extension sciences at Year 11. Aim to have an overall level of performance in Year 10 of a High Merit or better.
Equipment/Stationery and Course CostsAs this course makes extensive use of digital learning material. It is expected that you will have a laptop or other suitable learning device available for each class when required.
Course selection does not guarantee a course will be available or that you have approval to take a course. Final course confirmation is in January and depends on your final results and in rare cases, staff availability.