Science Roadmap Danebank
Biology Year 11
• Cells as the Basis of Life
• Organisation of Living Things
• Biological Diversity
• Ecosystem Dynamics
Physics Year 11
• Kinematics
• Dynamics
• Waves and Thermodynamics
• Electricity and Magnetism
Biology Year 12
• Heredity
• Genetic Change
• Infectious Disease
• Non-infectious Disease and Disorders
Biology Year 12
• Cause and Effect – Observing
• Cause and Effect – Inferences and Generalisations
• Scientific Models
• Theories and Laws
Physics Year 12
• Advanced Mechanics
• Electromagnetism
• The Nature of Light
• From the Universe to the Atom
Physics Year 12
• Scientific Investigations
• Technologies
• Fact or Fallacy?
• Science and Society
Year 9
• Structure of Matter
• What we do to the Environment
• Control and Coordination
• Wave, particles and energy transfer
• The Violent Earth
Year 7
• Energy
• It’s all a matter of particles
• Sorting out chemicals
• Cells to Organisms
• Living Things
• The Earth and The Solar System
At Danebank we seek to inspire an interest in and enthusiasm for Science as well as an appreciation of its role in finding solutions to contemporary science related problems and issues. Just as important as increasing knowledge and understanding of the nature and practice of scientific enquiry, are the skills in the process of Working Scientifically. Thus practical skills are developed from Years 7-12.
In Science students identify questions and problems that they can test or research scientifically. They select and use appropriate strategies, understanding and skills to generate creative plausible solutions to identified problems.
Chemistry Year 11
• Properties & Structure of Matter
• Introduction to Quantitative Chemistry
• Reactive Chemistry
• Drivers of Reactions
Chemistry Year 12
• Equilibrium and Acid Reactions
• Acid/base Reactions
• Organic Chemistry
• Applying Chemical Ideas
Science Extension
• The Foundations of Scientific Thinking
• The Scientific Research Proposal
• The Data, Evidence and Decisions
• The Scientific Research Report
Year 10
• Electricity and the conservation of energy
• Types of Chemical Reactions
• Reproduction and Genetics
• Evolution
• Forces and motion
• Structure of the Universe
Year 8
• How animals work
• Ecology
• Forces and Fields
• Rocks, Minerals and Earth’s Resources
• Classify chemicals and chemical changes
Individually and collaboratively they plan and conduct a range of first-hand investigations, including fieldwork and controlled experimental methods, ensuring that fairness, safety and ethical guidelines are followed.
The aim is also to develop knowledge about phenomena in the natural world and the application of their understanding to new situations, making them lifelong learners and analytical thinkers. An appreciation of the dynamic nature of the development of scientific knowledge and how this can contribute to evidence based decisions within the community will allow them to become responsible citizens of the world.