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:  properties of atoms and chemical reactions
• Biological sciences: natural selection, evolution, DNA and genetics
• Physical sciences: motion and energy
• Earth and space sciences: Earth systems and space science

Assessment

Tasks may include:

Folio tasks

• Completion of an experiment by completing a given method to collect, interpret and analyse data
• Design experiments by collaboratively identifying and controlling variables to design a step-by-step method to be able to interpret and analyse data, as well as 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

Examination 

• At the end of each semester 

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