Year 10 Science

Students will be participating in a wide variety of activities to develop skills, knowledge, and attitudes in Science from the New Zealand Curriculum. This course is the continuation of the year 9 Science programme. The two years are designed to cover levels four and five of the New Zealand Curriculum. The concepts in year ten include:

Term 1: Whakapapa: Genetics, reproduction and Earth Science

Term 2: Interactions: Climate Science, Forces and Motion

Term 3: Whanake: Atomic Science and Electricity

Term 4: Medical Science: Biological systems and life functions.

Assessment

Students will be assessed against the levels in the New Zealand Curriculum. There will be a variety of approaches to assessment in order to prepare the students for learning in the senior school. For example:

• Assignment at the end of the Whakapapa unit (Genetics and Earth Science)
• Three portfolio pieces in the Interactions unit of work. (Climate Science and Forces and Motion)
• Examination on the Whānake unit of work (Atomic Science and Electricity)
• Portfolio of work in the Medical Science unit.