Senior Science Stage 6 caters to a wide range of students who wish to become scientifically literate citizens for future careers

The course encourages students to develop a range of practical skills including the use of current instrumentation, information technology and an increased ability to communicate understanding.

Science Business Law Manufacturing

The course encourages students to develop a range of practical skills including the use of the following:

current medical technology and instrumentation

information technology relevant today increased ability to communicate

understanding.

Learning opportunities focus on:

Water for Living – focusing on agricultural production, and environmental effects associated with water pollution

Plants – germination, rate of growth, supplying of water, asexual reproduction, maintenance of diversity, and genetics

Humans at Work – OHS, respiratory system risks, safety procedures, structure of the eye, structure of the ear, protection of the brain, and injury to the integrated system of muscles and bones

Local Environment – distribution and diversity of plants, flow of energy and matter in an ecosystem, and impact to the aquatic or terrestrial ecosystems

Learning opportunities focus on: Lifestyle Chemistry – properties of substances,

cleaning products, solvents, drugsMedical Technology – maintaining human

function, circulatory system and heart, skeletal system, respiratory system, and medical techniques

Information Systems – Radios, satellite comms, optical transmissions, TV, and digit media

Polymers – synthetic, plastics, polymers and the environment

Preservatives and Additives – additives, food preservation, growth of micro-organism, role of government in food manufacturing

Pharmaceuticals – central and peripheral nervous system, pharmaceuticals in the body, penicillin

Disasters – natural or caused by human activity, monitoring weather, earthquakes, bushfires, role of emergency services

Space Science – earth in space, gravity, getting into space, space flight, surviving in space and research

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