Sciences
In this rapidly changing world, education should prepare students for life in the twenty first century. The MYP holistic approach to teaching and learning, along with the perspectives of the areas of interaction, provides a structure for the development of thinking skills, attitudes and dispositions characteristic of independent, lifelong learners.
The sciences and their methods of investigation offer a way of learning through inquiry that can contribute to the development of an analytical and critical way of thinking. MYP science emphasizes the role of inquiry and encourages the development of not only scientific inquiry skills but also transferable thinking skills.
Year 7 / 8 Topics
- Cells
- Reproduction
- Environment and feeding
- Relationships
- Variation and classification
- Acids and alkalis
- Simple chemical reactions
- Particle model of solids, liquids and gases
- Solutions
- Energy resources
- Electrical circuits
- Forces and their effects
- The solar system and beyond
Year 9 Topics
- Inheritance and selection
- Fit and Healthy
- Plants and photosynthesis
- Plants for food
- Reaction of metals and metal compounds
- Reactivity
- Environmental chemistry
- Using chemistry
- Energy and electricity
- Gravity and space
- Speeding up
- Pressure and movements
- Investigating scientific questions
