Science

Content 

Students study scientific concepts and explore how they relate to everyday life. Students develop their inquiry skills through practical investigations, which allow them to formulate and test hypotheses and draw conclusions. 

Topics may include:

• Chemical Sciences: particle theory and separating substances
• Biological Sciences: classification and food webs
• Physical Sciences: energy and simple machines
• Earth and Space Sciences: seasons and the Moon

Assessment

Tasks may include:

Folio Tasks

• Design experiment by collaboratively identifying and controlling variables to design a step-by-step method to interpret and analyse data and evaluate the scientific method.

Skills and Application Tasks

• Topic tests
• A multimodal product such as a website, video, stop motion
• Informative poster on a given topic
• Oral presentation

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