Biology

Biology

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Level 2

  • Cells (3 credits)
  • The Environment (3 credits)
  • Plant Form and Function (3 credits)
  • Animal Form and Function (3 credits)
  • Genetics (3 credits)
  • Internal Investigation (3 credits)
  • Internal Microscopy Unit Standard (2 credits)
  • Rocky Shore Ecology Internal Investigation (3 credits

Level 3

  • Role of DNA (4 credits)
  • Animal response (4 credits)
  • Patterns of Evolution (3 credits)

Year 11 Science

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Year 11- NCEA Level 1

Students have the choice of following an Achievement Standard course, or a Unit Standard course.The Achievement Standard course consists of:

  • Biology (5 Credits)
  •  Chemistry (5 credits)
  • Physics (5 credits)
  • Investigation (4 internal credits)
  • Research project (2 internal credits)

Junior Science

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Year 9

All students have 4 hours of science per week, and study the following topics; Getting Started,  Space, Sight and Sound, Life Processes, Solids, Liquids and Gases, Ecology and an Environmental Study.

Year 10

All students have 3 hours of science per week, and study the following topics; Earth Science, Atoms and the Periodic Table, Electricity, Forces, Motion and Work, Inheritance, Chemistry in the Home and Physics in Context.

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