SCIGG1

Year 10 Science Goggles

Course Description

Continue your journey in Science with this exciting course perfect for Year 10s who want to explore all areas of science. Extend your learning about Chemistry, Biology, Physics, and Earth and Space Science through fun experiments and activities

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.

Recommended Prior Learning

This course is designed for students who did Integrated Science and want to carry on doing investigations in Science, to learn more about how Science is done in everyday life.

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.