Barrenjoey High School

Objectives

Students will develop knowledge and understanding about:

HSC Outcomes

A student:

1. the history of science;

H1     discusses advances in scientific understanding and technology that have changed the direction or nature of scientific thinking

2. the nature and practice of science;

H2. applies the processes that are used to test and validate models, theories and laws, to investigations

3. applications and uses of science;

H3. assesses the contribution of scientific advances on the development of technologies

4. implications of physics for society and the environment;

H4. assesses the impacts of applications of science on society and the environment

5. current issues, research and developments in science;

H5. describes possible future directions of scientific research

6 .the resources of the Earth

H6.  describes uses of the Earth’s resources

7. internal and external environments

H7.  identifies effects of internal and external environmental changes on the human body

8. chemical changes

H8.  relates the properties of chemicals to their use

9.   organs and systems of the body

H9.       relates the structure of body organs and systems to their function

10. energy;

H10.     discusses ways in which different forms of energy and energy transfers and transformations are used

11. planning investigations;

H11.  justifies the appropriateness of a particular investigation plan

12. conducting investigations;

H12.  evaluates ways in which accuracy and reliability could be improved in investigations

13. communicating information and understanding;

H13.  uses terminology
and reporting styles appropriately and successfully to communicate information and understanding

14. developing scientific and problem solving techniques;

H14.  assesses the validity
of conclusions from gathered data and information

15. working individually and in teams

H15.  explains why an investigation is best undertaken individually or by a team

16.  themselves, others, learning as a lifelong process, science and the environment

H16.  justifies positive values about and attitudes towards both the living and non-living components of the environment, ethical behaviour and a desire for a critical evaluation of the consequences of the applications of science