Churchlands Senior High School – Science Department
Churchlands Senior High School – Science Department
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<strong>Churchlands</strong> <strong>Senior</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>–</strong> <strong>Science</strong> <strong>Department</strong><br />
[Integrated <strong>Science</strong> Year 11] Overview and assessment outline 2010<br />
Term Week Content outline Assessment Assessment<br />
date<br />
1 1 SCIENTIFIC METHOD<br />
Components of scientific method <strong>–</strong><br />
hypothesis, dependent, independent<br />
and controlled variables, the control<br />
group, increasing reliability<br />
2 Writing Formal <strong>Science</strong> reports- Aim,<br />
equipment, method, observations,<br />
conclusion.<br />
Scientific method<br />
3 Scientific method continued Investigation 1<br />
The effect of<br />
exercise on<br />
HR/BP (12%)<br />
4 Scientific method continued Investigation 2<br />
Cooling Rates<br />
(12%)<br />
Validation Test<br />
on Scientific<br />
Method(6%)<br />
5 MARINE BIOLOGY<br />
Photosynthesis, biotic and abiotic<br />
factors<br />
6 Nutrient cycles <strong>–</strong>carbon / nitrogen<br />
Ecological principles- producers,<br />
consumers, food chains, food webs,<br />
feeding relationships, pyramids of<br />
numbers/biomass.<br />
7 Ecological principles continued<br />
Adaptations <strong>–</strong>structural, functional<br />
and behavioural<br />
8 Adaptations continued<br />
Research<br />
Swan River<br />
Food web<br />
Test<br />
9 Adaptations continued Validation<br />
Test on<br />
Adaptations<br />
Oral<br />
presentations<br />
Term 1 Holidays
2<br />
1 Human Impact on ecosystemsresearch<br />
and class work<br />
2 FORENSIC SCIENCE<br />
Introduction, contact traces<br />
Case studies<br />
3 The Light Microscope <strong>–</strong> looking at<br />
fibres<br />
Fingerprinting <strong>–</strong> history, types, dusting,<br />
different surfaces…<br />
4 Research Assignment<br />
Casts and moulds<br />
More Case studies <strong>–</strong> “Rainbow<br />
Warrior”<br />
5 Casts and moulds<br />
Teeth impressions/ Lip prints<br />
6<br />
7 Semester 1 Exams<br />
Oral<br />
presentations<br />
continued<br />
Written assign<br />
on Marine<br />
Food Chain<br />
due<br />
Case Studies<br />
in Forensic<br />
science<br />
Semester 1<br />
exam<br />
8 Teeth impressions/ Lip prints<br />
Soil analysis<br />
Oral<br />
Presentations<br />
9 Soil analysis Forensic<br />
Research<br />
Assign due<br />
10 Blood splatter Investigation<br />
<strong>–</strong> blood splatter<br />
11 Other forensic activitieschromatography,<br />
fibres, DNA<br />
fingerprinting<br />
Term 2 Holidays
Term Week Content outline Assessment Assessment<br />
date<br />
3 1 WEATHER<br />
Weather and climate, influence of the<br />
sun, layers of the atmosphere, factors<br />
affecting climate<br />
2 Factors affecting climate, effect of heat<br />
on air,<br />
3 Water Cycle, making clouds, types of<br />
clouds<br />
Research<br />
4 Research<br />
Weather watch <strong>–</strong> measuring wind<br />
speed/direction, humidity, temperature,<br />
Land/sea breezes, H and L pressure<br />
systems<br />
5 Cold and warm fronts<br />
Interpreting barograph/pressure<br />
changes, prevailing wind<br />
speed/direction<br />
Research due<br />
<strong>–</strong> written<br />
Assignment<br />
6 Oral<br />
presentations<br />
7 Interpreting weather maps.<br />
Drawing isobars<br />
Writing a weather report<br />
8 Review TEST<br />
9 VEHICLES AND DRIVERS<br />
Intro/car accident statistics -<br />
contributing factors to car accidents<br />
Forensic science of car accidents<br />
10 Reaction times<br />
Factors affecting reaction times<br />
Stopping distance<br />
Term 3 Holidays<br />
4<br />
1 Research <strong>–</strong> The effect of drugs on<br />
CNS /Driving<br />
2 Velocity and acceleration calculations<br />
Newton’s1st and 2 nd Laws<br />
3 Buying a car <strong>–</strong> research assignment<br />
Inertia <strong>–</strong> Forces and stopping distance<br />
4 Investigation on Inertia <strong>–</strong> Stopping<br />
distance or seatbelt design<br />
Research assignment continued<br />
TEST on<br />
Calculations<br />
-Investigation<br />
on Inertia<br />
-Drugs +<br />
Driving
5 Other accident statistics<br />
Other activities <strong>–</strong>car design/the effect<br />
of surface type on stopping distance<br />
6 Semester 2 exams<br />
7<br />
8<br />
Research due<br />
Assign on<br />
Buying A Car<br />
research due<br />
9<br />
10<br />
Christmas Holidays
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