9 Science

Year 9 Science starts to build the knowledge and skills that students will need to develop to understand and participate in a world that increasingly uses Science and Technology. These skills will provide opportunities to work towards a variety of career choices in a large range of interesting fields.

Topics Studied:

• Biology: Animal diversity, Cells and Microscopes
• Chemistry: Stranded on an Island. The nature of matter.
• Physics: Energy. Light.
• Astronomy: What is happening to the Earth in space? What’s out there in space?

Course Objectives:
Students in Year 9 will:-

• gain confidence and a sense of belonging in Science
• begin to develop self-management skills
• start to build a base of science knowledge and skills
• begin to develop research, investigative and thinking skills using scientific and evidence based approaches
• develop ways of working collaboratively with others by adopting different roles
• explore different ways of communicating