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. 

The following topics may be covered:

• Chemical sciences: matter and physical/chemical changes
• Biological sciences: cells and body systems
• Physical sciences: energy, transfer and transformations
• Earth and space sciences: rocks and plate tectonics

Assessment

Tasks may include:

Folio tasks

• Completion of an experiment by completing a given method to collect, interpret and analyse data
• Design an 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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