Heretaunga College
Year 9 Integrated Science
Course Description
Welcome to Junior Science! In this course, you'll see how science helps us understand our world. Learn about the human body, the forces that move objects, the elements that make up everything around us, and the planet we live on. With hands-on lessons and real-life examples, you'll see how science is part of our everyday lives. Get ready to be curious and have fun with science!
Build your understanding of the science capabilities, gathering and interpreting data, using evidence, critiquing evidence, interpreting representations of science and engaging with science. Deepen your knowledge of how scientists use investigations to better understand the world around them. These skills will be developed across the science disciplines to meet the interests of the students and their world.
Science
Recommended Prior Learning
This course is for students who want to learn what makes a Scientist and how they work and how they carry out investigations.
Assessment Information
MANA REO (COMMUNICATING)Students will be assessed on their ability to communicate their knowledge, understanding and skills.
• Pre-structural - I need support to describe ideas and/or information.
• Uni-structural - I can describe an idea and/or information.
• Multi-structural - I can describe ideas and information.
• Relational - I link ideas and information together and explain my understanding.
• Extended Abstract - I apply my understanding to discuss my ideas in new ways.
WHAKAARO (THINKING)
Students will be assessed on their ability to develop their levels of thinking in a variety of learning experiences.
• Pre-structural - I need to support to think of an idea.
• Uni-structural - I can think of an idea.
• Multi-structural - I can think of several ideas.
• Relational - I link ideas together to organise my thinking.
• Extended Abstract - I apply my thinking in creative ways.
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