Science
Back to Science

What will be in the course?

The Science content includes the three strands of science understanding, science inquiry skills and science as a human endeavour. The three strands of the curriculum are interrelated and their content is taught in an integrated way. The Science curriculum encourages the students’ intrinsic curiosity as they ask questions, test their ideas, and use their senses to observe the world around them.

Students will be encouraged to:

• Develop a range of concepts, processes and skills such as designing investigations.
• Obtain information from a variety of sources and critically analyse and evaluate information.
• Apply knowledge to solve a variety of problems
• Develop an understanding of the diverse applications of science in the modern world.
• Develop informed decisions on socially relevant issues related to science.

The course includes a core knowledge which consists of the following three units and topics.

• Biology
  • Genetics and Inheritance
  • Evolution
• Chemistry
  • Periodic Table
  • Carbon Chemistry
• Physics
  • Forces and Motion

• Earth and Space Science:
  • Origin of the universe
  • Global systems