Saint Ignatius College Geelong (2015)

Year 9 Science Semester One timeline.

Weeks
15
(2/2 - 6/3)

6 11
(9/3 1/5)

12 15
(4/5 29/5)

Key knowledge & skills

Assessment tasks

Responding to the World (Chapter 5)

What is a hormonal response?
o The endocrine system
o Hormones at work
o When things go wrong in the endocrine system
What is a nervous response?
o Nerves and the nervous system
o The central nervous system
o The peripheral nervous system
o The brain in detail
How do we respond to threats?
o What causes disease?
o Radiation and disease
o The immune system
o Responding to radiation
Inside the Atom (Chapter 2)
How do we know atoms exist?
o Atoms, molecules & compounds
o Historical development of an atom
o What a scientific theory
What is smaller than an atom?
o Rutherford model of an atom, Atomic mass
o The periodic table
o Bohr model of atoms
o Ion formation
What is Radioactivity?
o Isotopes and radioactive decay, carbon dating
o Types of nuclear radiation and radioactive half-life
o Effects of radiation and how it is used in medicine

Movements in the Earths Surface (Chapter 6)

What are tectonic plates?
o What the Earth is made of?
o Continental drift, sea floor spreading & pangaea
What happens at plate boundaries?
o Plates in motion
o Converging and diverging boundaries
What will Earth look like in the future??
o Continents will drift
o Influence the sun has on the Earths core

16
(1/6)

Revision

17
(8/6)

Exams

Practical report:
Sheep brain
dissection
Test

Practical report:
Flame tests
Test
Assignment

Practical report:
Modelling Plate
Tectonics
Test

Semester Exam

NB: This timeline is a guide only and is subject to change due to College events and other circumstances.

9SCI.Student Timeline.Sem1.2015.docx