Unit Test 1
Germination Experiment
Water is Life Assignment
Unit Test 2
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Week 16
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Monday 16 May (Week 14)
Friday 27 May (Week 15)
Thursday 2 - Friday 3 June (Week 16)
What is the essence of science?
What is Science?
Branches of science, scientific method, scientific inquiry
Class expectations and lab rules
MYP Assessment Criteria (A, B, C, D)
Semester 1 overview
The water cycle impacts ecosystems, economies, and our daily lives. What is the role of energy in the water cycle?
Boiling water investigation (temperature change of water during heating up and boiling)
Laboratory equipment and terminology:
Bunsen burner usage, safety considerations, basic measuring skills, experimental data collection, drawing scientific diagrams, basic data analysing skills, basic workspace cleaning and tidying skills.
Criterion D
Critical thinking activity: Modelling & observing the water cycle
How is water particle movement different between living and non-living systems?
Particle theory:
heating, cooling, vibrations
Diffusion demonstration
Experiment:
Osmosis
Brownian motion
Criterion B
Criterion C
Can we make dirty water clean using technological means?
States of matter
Separation techniques:
filtration, centrifugation, magnetic separation, flocculation, distillation, crystallisation, decanting, chromatography
Water testing:
testing before and after separation, pH, turbidity, dissolved oxygen and electrical conductivity
Criterion A
What is the ideal salinity for a salt-water aquarium?
Dissolving salt in water practical
Research:
What is the salinity of the ocean? How does this change the characteristics of saltwater and freshwater fish, and aquatic plants?
Experiment:
Salt solubility
Criterion C
Can we make dirty water clean using ecological systems?
Exploring constructed wetlands
Excursion to Jerrabomberra Wetlands
Criterion A
How can you tell when water is clean?
Water sampling and testing
Comparison of different sources of water, e.g., rainwater, pond water, lake water, tap water
Criterion B
Criterion C
How is a wetlands habitat designed and constructed?
Biotic and abiotic features
The water cycle
Biological classification
Dichotomous keys
Criterion D
To what extent does water underpin a wetlands ecosystem?
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