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Term Week |
Topics & subtopics |
Hands-on |
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Term 1 Week 1 |
DNA and Genetics: DNA the molecule |
Extract DNA from strawberries |
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Term 1 Week 2 |
Replicating cells |
View onion root tip mitosis |
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Term 1 Week 3 |
Making gametes |
Plant barley seeds |
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Term 1 Week 4 |
Characteristics and inheritance |
Observe barley seeds |
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Term 1 Week 5 |
The Periodic Table: Atoms and elements, arranging the elements |
Research (DNA and Genetics) |
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Term 1 Week 6 |
Family groupings |
Make oxygen from iron wool |
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Term 1 Week 7 |
Electrons and the periodic table |
React calcium and water |
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Term 1 Week 8 |
Global Systems: Earth's spheres |
Comparing transpiration |
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Term 1 Week 9 |
Weather and climate |
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Term 1 Week 10 |
Climate change and global warming |
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Term 1 Week 11 |
No lessons |
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Term 2 Week 1 |
Changing ecosystems |
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Term 2 Week 2 |
Science as a Human Endeavour focus |
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Term 2 Week 3 |
Motion: Describing motion |
Intro to Tracker |
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Term 2 Week 4 |
Changes in speed |
Balloon racers |
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Term 2 Week 5 |
Newton's laws of motion |
Falling speed of a squirrel |
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Term 2 Week 6 |
Science Inquiry Skills focus |
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Term 2 Week 7 |
Revision: All topics |
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Term 2 Week 8 |
Fossils |
Fossil sheets |
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Term 2 Week 9 |
Natural Selection and Evolution: Diversity of life |
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Term 2 Week 10 |
Natural selection |
Natural selection simulation |
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Term 3 Week 1 |
Evidence for evolution |
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Term 3 Week 2 |
Chemical Reactions: Chemical equations |
Conservation of mass |
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Term 3 Week 3 |
Energy in chemical reactions |
Sherbet cooling |
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Term 3 Week 4 |
Classifying chemical reactions |
Effect of acids on teeth |
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Term 3 Week 5 |
Rates of chemical reactions |
Party sparklers |
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Term 3 Week 6 |
Year 10 camp |
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Term 3 Week 7 |
Science Inquiry Skills focus |
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Term 3 Week 8 |
The Universe: Stars |
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Term 3 Week 9 |
Colour and magnitude |
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Term 4 Week 1 |
Cosmology |
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Term 4 Week 2 |
Energy Changes: Forms of energy, energy efficiency |
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Term 4 Week 3 |
Science of Learning focus |
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Term 4 Week 4 |
Science of Learning focus |
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Term 4 Week 5 |
Science of Learning focus |
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Term 4 Week 6 |
Revision and exam |