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Year 7 (EXCEL)

All students study a general course of Science, including laboratory skills and some elementary knowledge of Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Geology and Astronomy in Year 7.  

For more information download the information booklet from the Year 7 (EXCEL) page.

Year 8 (LINCS)

All students study a general course of Science, including laboratory skills and some elementary knowledge of Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Geology and Astronomy in Year 8.

For more information download the information booklet from the Year 8 (LINCS) page.

Year 9 & 10

The science domain has two dimensions;

Science Knowledge and Understanding (SK&U):
These understandings enable students to build on their curiosity and answer their own questions about themselves and their interactions with the world while at the same time allowing them to think through contemporary challenges and issues. Through this, students come to understand how science relates to community and environmental needs and issues.

Science at Work (S@W):
This area focuses on students experiencing and researching how people work with and through science. Students learn how to curious and to use scientific understanding and processes to find answers to their questions. They design and pursue investigations; generate, validate and critique evidence; analyse and interpret ideas and link them with existing understanding; work and reason with scientific models and communicate their findings and ideas to others. They identify and practice the underlying cause, skills and attributes of science.

The Physical Sciences are a pre-requisite for students wishing to study VCE Physics or Chemistry.

NOTE: If a students is intending to undertake a VCE Science, the appropriate pre-study in the corresponding discipline is highly recommended and it is also expected that the student would have completed a minimum of 4 science units over the 2 years.

For more information download the information booklet from the Years 9 & 10 (Middle School) page.

Year 11 & 12 (VCE)

Students can study the following Science units:

  • Units 1-4 Biology
  • Units 1-4 Chemistry
  • Units 1-4 Psychology
  • Units 1-4 Physics
  • VET Agriculture

For more information download the information booklet from the Years 11 & 12 (VCE) page.