LENGTH OF COURSE: Full Year Compulsory
ASSUMED BACKGROUND: Nil
SUBJECT CHARGES: Nil

CONTENT
Course content will be a selection of the following:

1. Biology – understanding of heritable characteristics, genetics, and evolution and natural selection.
2. Chemistry – understanding of atoms, the Periodic Table, the nature of metals and non-metals, and factors affecting the rates of chemical reactions.
3. Physics – understanding of the Law of Conservation of Energy and the motion of objects.
4. Earth and Environmental Science – understanding of earth systems and the movement of elements between them
including the carbon cycle and causes and impacts of climate change.