SCIENCE 10

This course has been designed with a competency-driven approach to focus on enhancing students’ conceptual and procedural understanding and scientific skills. t Learning takes place during a 4-unit journey on the astronomical origins of the Universe, genetics, chemical and nuclear reactions, and energy transformations. The interplay of science and its role in society is  woven into each of the units. Assessment will be informed by evidence gathered from a written assessments,group discussions, presentations, and laboratory investigations in individual and group contexts. Formal reporting of summative assessments, using standards-based grading, is communicated on the following three learning standards: designing and conducting research, analytical thinking, and communicating.