9SCI

Year 9 Science

Subject Description

Head of Faculty: Mrs S. Boasman.

In the Year 9 Science course students will build on the science foundations of Year 7 and 8. They will continue to investigate science with a focus on the physical, biological and material world and planet earth and beyond. 

Students will use microscopes to observe life at a cellular level, as well as investigating how plants and animals obtain nutrients for growth. They will explore the behavior of light and sound and the role of energy in our world. 

Students will develop understandings of the composition and properties of matter and the changes it undergoes as new materials are made.

Year 9 Science at Baradene College is compulsory.  All Year 8 students will be entered into Year 9 Science.

 

Prerequisites

Year 8 Science.

Pathway