Science
The Science Programme aims to produce scientifically literate individuals, fluent in the scientific method and its application, to investigate and create a personal understanding of the natural world. It seeks to provide the student with a body of scientific knowledge as well as promote active inquiry and investigation of scientific principles throug22h interactive instruction and real-world applications.
Courses will emphasize the link between understanding scientific facts, concepts, processes and natural phenomena, and its integration with quantitative skills and analytical thinking. Students will be encouraged to think scientifically, to solve real-world problems through reasoning and logic, and finally to evaluate the processes and outcomes.
In this Program of Study, 9th grade Science is a Foundations course, integrating Biology, Chemistry and Physics. 10th grade Science places greater emphasis on problem solving and the development of critical thinking skills with an integration of Chemistry, Physics, and Biology