JAPANESE – YEAR 7

SCIENCE

SCIENCE – YEAR 7 LAUREL

CORE SUBJECT – TWO SEMESTERS

The Year 7 Laurel Science course aims to enrich students’ knowledge and understanding of various branches of Science and to apply scientific principles and concepts in a variety of real-life situations. It will develop students’ confidence and competence in using scientific equipment and scientific method in a safe and enjoyable environment and enhance problem-solving and research skills.

In addition, all students will compete in the 2022 ICAS Science Competition (International Competitions and Assessments for Schools) to measure their skills and understanding against other students at a national level. To help stimulate an interest in science, all students will explore the topic of Energy (Year 8 Science) through research and hands-on activities and are encouraged to complete sufficient activities to be eligible for a SPECTRA Award (Science Program Exciting Children Through Research Activities). At the end of the year, students will delve into the microscopic world of a cell, during which they will explore how an understanding of the cell structure can be useful in advancing medical research (Year 8 Science).

Victorian Curriculum Strands:

The Science discipline has two interrelated strands, each with their own sub-strands:

Science Understanding Science has a human endeavour

• Scientific knowledge and understanding of the world changes as new evidence becomes available; science knowledge can develop through collaboration and connecting ideas across the disciplines and practice of science • Science and technology contribute to finding solutions to a range of contemporary issues

Biological sciences

• The differences within and between groups of organisms; Classification helps organisethis diversity • Interactions between organisms can be described in terms of food chains and food websand can be affected by human activity • Cells are the basic units of living things and have specialised structures and functions (Year8 Science)

Chemical sciences

• Mixtures, including solutions, contain a combination of pure substances that can be separated using a range of techniques • The properties of the different states of matter and the differences between elements, compounds and mixtures can be described by using the particle model