St John’s College (Hillcrest)

Level 1 General Science

11SCIG Course Description

Teacher in Charge: Mrs S. Fairweather.

Recommended Prior Learning

Students must have gained Achieved in at least 50% of all Year 10 Science tests at an Achieved grade or higher.  Students must also have passed their end-of-year Yr 10 Science Exam.  Consideration will be given to students interested in enrolling on this Year 11(I) General Science course in consultation with the Teacher in Charge (Mrs Fairweather) and the HOF (Mr Wood). 

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Course Overview

Term 1
To start you off on your Level 1 Science journey, Foundation Science will be taught and experienced in a variety of experiments and science theory. You will learn about the Nature of Science through observations, working on experiments, key terms and how to write detailed descriptions and explanations of these processes. Foundation Science is not assessed, but provides you with essential skills.

AS 92021 (CB 1.2) Lots of Metals:
In this achievement standard, there is the opportunity to identify different metal elements from the periodic table and investigate their properties which make them useful in society. These konganuku (metals) and their properties can be identified in a range of different experiments, including how well (or not) they react with acids. This is a practical achievement standard, which you will find interesting for everyday uses.

Term 2
AS 91921 Physics & Forces:
In this achievement standard you will experience how forces affect a range of different scenarios. There are two main types of forces: tōpana pā (contact force) and tōpana kore-pā (non-contact force). How can you figure out which is which? What experiment can you devise to help you? How do these forces, their key terms and processes affect our everyday lives? This is a practical achievement standard, which provides you with the opportunity for 'hands-on' experimental work, leading to explaining and linking how they work.

Term 3
AS 91920 (S 1.1): Respiration & Breathing in Sports:
In this achievement standard you will learn about physiology of the human body, the chemical and physical ways in which it works, lung capacity, oxygen absorption and your ability to apply these processes to a specific context. What happens to an individual when the duration or intensity of the activity increases? How can we make scientific recordings of these changes? What is hauora and how can we care for it? Enhancing your sporting performance can be tempting, but what is doping? What are the pitfalls? There is a focus on active observations and practical work, to ensure that detailed scientific information is recorded and written about.

Term 4
There will be time available to check that all of your assessments are up-to-date.

Faculties:

Science

Assessment Information

All the achievement standards on this Level 1 Science course are assessed internally. There are no end-of-year exams.