Year 10 Science

Mā te whakaaro nui e hanga te whare; mā te mātauranga e whakaū.

Big Ideas create the house; knowledge maintains it.

This course aims to improve students understanding of the world around them, so they can make better sense of it, and therefore make informed decisions that will impact their lives and futures. 

The course will develop skills such as:

• Making careful observations and using all senses to collect information.
• Looking for evidence to support explanations.
• Realising not all questions can be answered by science.
• Representing ideas in a variety of ways, including models, graphs, charts, diagrams and written texts.
• Using all the above skills to understand how science describes “real life” contexts.

Topics include:

Electricity, Geological Features of New Zealand, Genetics, Matter, Forces, Heat & Energy, Reactions and Cells 

Extra opportunities include the Cawthron SciTech Expo, numerous online resources, Kiwi Science Competition, Environmental Science, Conservation Week and Sea Week as advertised in school notices.