Year 7 – SCIENCE

Term 1 – Critical Thinking & Problem Solving

Skills Taught

  • Enquiry
  • Identifying problems
  • Offering solutions
  • Identifying arguments

Term 2 – Personal Effectiveness

Skills Taught & Used

  • Communicating clearly
  • Identifying  our strengths and areas for development

Term 3 – Creativity & Innovation

Skills Explicitly Taught & Used

  • Collaborating
  • Generating, combining and developing ideas
  • Suggesting improvements

Careers

Learn about lab safety and particle theory through various exciting Science related careers, ranging from crime scene investigators to fragrance chemists and chocolatiers. What science related career do you have the best skill set for?

Sustainability

Become informed on the big issue of sustainability by looking at the sustainable development goals in the context of Science. Can you use separation techniques to obtain clean water? Can you look scientifically at evidence to analyse climate change?

Health

Become a healthy, confident individual by exploring diet, exercise, and other effects on your body through a range of exciting experiments. Be a dietician, investigate your lung volume and discover the Science behind alcohol, drugs & smoking.

Exciting Experiences

Make and pitch your new fragrance, solve crimes, investigate the effects of exercise on your body, create a wind turbine, develop a healthy lifestyle app for your phone and lots more.