Curriculum+Outline


 * = **YEAR 9 SCIENCE - SEMESTER 1** ||
 * < __**Chemical Capers ( 8 weeks)**__

endothermic,
- Investigation || - nutrient cycles - measuring physical abiotic factors in an environment - ecology field work techniques of sampling populations - Changes to an ecosystem - human & natural impacts on Ecosystems. Habitat destruction. - Sustainability *** 1/2 day excursion to Westgate Parklands*** ***Full day excursion to Rocky Shore*** ||
 * __**Practical Ecology (7 weeks)**__
 * **Exam Revision ** ||
 * **Semester 1 Exam ** ||
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**World of Waves (first 2 weeks)** ||

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Electromagnetic Radiation <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Wave motion <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Sound waves <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Nature and behaviour of light <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Concave, convex mirror and lenses <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Refraction/Reflection <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Functions and parts of the eye <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 15px;">- Electromagnetic spectrum || <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Nervous Control; nervous system <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">-Reflex actions and Stimulus Response model <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Chemical control; endocrine glands and hormones <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Homeostasis and the negative feedback system <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Metabolism; Anaerobic and aerobic respiration, <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Action of Enzymes <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 15px;">- Interdependence of body systems || <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Investigation of diseases <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Microorganisms and disease, bacteria and viruses, parasites <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- The Immune System <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 15px;">- Vaccination ||
 * = <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 15px;">**YEAR 9 SCIENCE - SEMESTER 2** ||
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__**World of Waves (7 weeks)**__
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__**Maintaining Control ( 6 weeks)**__
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__**Under Attack (4 weeks)**__
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Exam Revsion** ||
 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Semester 2 Exam** ||