Palmerston North Girls’ High School
Year 10 Science
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: Mr A. McCreary.
You will learn about atoms, elements, mixtures and compounds and investigate how elements and compounds react to produce new substances and what factors affect the rates of these reactions. You will learn how forces affect motion and build and investigate simple electrical circuits and compare permanent magnets to electromagnets. You will investigate some organ systems of the human body and how genetic information is inherited. You will investigate the structure of the Earth and how this is linked to types of rocks, earthquakes and volcanoes.
Where does it lead? The course provides a foundation for students to progress to either the Level 1 Core Science course or the Level 1 Science Higher course which are differentiated to cater for a range of scientific abilities.
What should I have already done?
Completing Year 9 Science is useful, but not essential for this course.
Course Contribution
Book 1 (Year 9) SciPad: $25
PNGHS will order a workbook for each student.
Pathway
Science is essential for a wide range of careers.
Medical, veterinary, farming, food technology, engineering, architecture, cosmology and geology are just some of the fields that can be taken by studying science.
Disclaimer
Courses will only run based on minimum entries
Selecting a course does not guarantee entry into this course
You may apply for an exemption if you do not meet the prerequisite of a course or if the course requires this for entry
Standards offered can be altered at the discretion of the HOD of the Department
Some standards in NCEA courses might be optional depending on student strengths
Course contribution may vary slightly by the start of 2025
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