Year 10 Science

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The course covers different contexts from personal, local, national, regional to global in order to meet the needs of students. A framework for developing students’ economics and business knowledge, understanding and skills is provided by the following key inquiry questions:

• How is the performance of an economy measured? • Why do variations in economic performance in different economies exist? • What strategies do governments use to manage economic performance? • How do governments, businesses and individuals respond to changing economic conditions?

National Curriculum

The science inquiry skills and Science as a human endeavour strands are described across a twoyear band. Reference is made to the expectations outlined in the achievement standard and to the content of the science understanding strand for the relevant year level to ensure that they are addressed. The three strands of the curriculum are interrelated, and their content is taught in an integrated way. The curriculum explores systems at different scales and connect microscopic and macroscopic properties to explain phenomena by incorporating the key ideas of science. Students explore the biological, chemical, geological, and physical evidence for different theories, such as the theories of natural selection and the Big Bang.

Students develop their understanding of atomic theory to understand relationships within the periodic table. They understand that motion and forces are related by applying physical laws. They learn about the relationships between aspects of the living, physical and chemical world that are applied to systems on a local and global scale and this enables them to predict how changes will affect equilibrium within these systems.

National Curriculum