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Mahony Science
Working Scientifically
Scientific Method Standards (How to write up an experiment)
Graphs & Tables
Theory v Law
Year 7
1. OBSERVING THE UNIVERSE
Working Scientifically
Becoming a Scientist
Lab Safety
Lab Equipment & Measurement
Observations, Inferences and Predictions
Observations of Scientific Phenomenon
Tables & Graphs
2. FORCES
An Introduction to Forces
Identifying Forces (contact/non-contact)
Spring Balances (newtonmeters)
Balanced & Unbalanced Forces
Friction
3. CELLS & CLASSIFICATION
Living & Non-Living Things
Intro to Cells
Cell Theory
Cell Organelles
Classification
Linnaean Classification
Dichotomous Keys
Six Kingdoms
Photosynthesis
Cellular Respiration
Yeast & Balloon (Respiration Exp)
4. MATTER
States of Matter
Particles & Changing State
Change of State in the Lab
Density
Physical Properties of Water
Year 8
1. LIVING SCIENCE
Road Map & Keywords
8.1 Body Systems
8.2 Specialised Cells
8.3 Digestive System
8.4 Respiratory System
8.5 Cellular Respiration
8.6 Circulatory System
8.8 Musculoskeletal System
8.7 Excretory Systems
8.9 Reproductive Systems
2. ECOSYSTEMS
Ecosystems - Biotic & Abiotic Factors
Communities, Populations & Species
Food Chains & Webs
Woodlands Modelling
Adaptations & Competition
Human Impact on Ecosystems
3. ENERGY & PBL
The Actual PBL Logbook
The Pendulum Experiment
Introduction to the PBL
Energy and Transformations
Sankey Diagram and Law of Conservation
Energy, Efficiency & Static Electricity
Week 6 - Circuits
Current & Voltage
Week 8/9/10
4. CHEMISTRY
Metals v Non-Metals
Elements, Mixtures & Compounds
Atoms
Atomic Theory
Periodic Table
Atoms II
Year 9
Year 9
ENERGY
9.1 - What is Energy
9.2 - Law of Conservation of Energy
9.3 - Energy Transfers
9.4 - Energy Transformations
Energy in Food Prac
9.5 - Energy & Work
9.6 - Energy & Power
9.7 Sources of Energy & Energy Efficiency
9.8 - Circuits
9.9 - Current, Voltage & Resistance
DISEASE
Introduction to Disease
Infectious Disease
Disease Transmission
Epidemics, Pandemics, Vaccination & Antibiotics
First Line Of Defence
Second Line of Defence
Third Line of Defence
Homeostasis
The Nervous System
The Endocrine System
CHEMISTRY
Atoms
Atomic Number & Atomic Mass
Electron Configuration
The Periodic Table
Ions
Materials 2 - Ionic Bonding
Materials 3 - covalent bonding
Mateirals 3a - Dot Diagrams
Materials 4 - Metallic Bonding
Materials 4a - Heat Conductivity of Metals
Materials 5 - Common Materials & Properties
Materials 6 - Chemical Formulae
Materials 7 - Physical Properties
Materials 8 - Organic v Inorganic
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
ES1 - Principles & Goals
ES2 - Sustainability & Caring for Country
ES3 - Weather & Climate
ES4 - Atmosphere & Greenhouse Effect
ES5 - Enhanced Greenhouse Effect
ES 6 - Reducing Emissions
Effect of CO2 (lab)
Verb Practise
Untitled page
Year 11
MODULE 1 - Cells as The Basis of Life
Prokaryotes & Eukaryotes
Microscopes
Cell Structures
Cell Membranes
Cell Transport
Endocytosis, Exocytosis, Tonicity & SA:V
Energy (ATP)
Cell Requirements
Photosynthesis
Cellular Respiration
Enzymes
MODULE 2 - Organisation of Living Things
Unicellular, Colonial & Multicellular Organisms
Hierarchy
Cell Differentiation & Specialisation
Animals - Tissues, Organs & Organ Systems
Plants - Tissues, Organs & Organ Systems
The Structure of Autotrophs
Xylem & Phloem
Tracing Products of Photosynthesis
Gas Exchange
Trace Digestion in Mammals
Comparison Gas & Nutrient Requirements.
Transport Systems
MODULE 3 - Biological Diversity
Abiotic & Biotic Factors
Cane Toads & Prickly Pears
Distribution & Abundance
Adaptations
Charles Darwin & His Finches
Biodiversity & Evolution
Diversification of life & TOEBNS
Micro & Macroevolution
The Horse
The Platypus
Convergent & Divergent Evolution
Gradualism & Punctuated Equilibrium
Evidence for Evolution
Fossil Dating
Modern Day Evolution
Phylogeny & Vestigial Limbs
MODULE 4 - Ecosytem Dynamics
Impacts of Abiotic Factors
Impact of Biotic Factors on the Ecosystem
Symbiosis & Competition
Niches & Energy Flow (food chains)
Predicting Consequences
Extinction Event
Sampling Techniques
Palaeontological & Geological Evidence
Sclerophyll Plants
Year 12
MODULE 5 - Heredity
Intro to Plant Reproduction
Intro to Reproductive Systems
5.1 Asexual v Sexual Reproduction in plants
5.2 Asexual Reproduction (binary, fission, spores, budding)
5.3 Internal & External Fertilisation
5.4 Fertilisation, Implantation & Hormonal Control
5.5 Reproduction in Agriculture
5.6 Mitosis
5.7 Meiosis
5.8 DNA Replication
5.9 Continuity of Species (genetic link)
5.10 DNA of Prokaryotes & Eukaryotes
5.11 Transcription & Translation
5.12 mRNA & tRNA
5.13 Function & Importance of Polypep Synthesis
5.14 Genes, Environment & Phenotypes
5.15 Structure & Function of Proteins
5.16 Modelling Meiosis, Fertilisation & Mutations
5.17 Punnet's - Mendel's Monohybrid Crosses
5.18 Sex-link, co-dom, incomp dom, multiple alleles (predict variations)
5.19 Pedigrees
5.20 Allele Frequency & SNP's
5.21 DNA Profiling & Sequencing
5.22 Population Genetics
MODULE 6 - Genetic Change
6.1a Mutagens
6.1 Genetic Variation - Meiosis, Mutation & Fertilisation
6.2 Point Mutations
6.3 Chromosomal Mutations
6.4 Somatic v Germline
6.5 Coding & Non-Coding DNA
6.5a Gene Flow, Genetic Drift & Gene Pool
6.6 Uses of Biotech (past, present, future)
6.6a Social Implications & Ethical Uses
6.7 Future Directions of Biotech
6.8 Inducing Genetic Change, AI, AP
6.9 Cloning
6.10 Recombinant DNA in Ag & Medicine
6.11 Ag, Medical, Industry, Biotech, Social, Economic &. Cultural
6.12 Social, Economic & Cultural contexts
MODULE 7 - Infectious Disease
Causes of Infectious Diseases
Transmission of Disease
Microbial Testing of Food & Water
Adaptations of Pathogens
Pasteur & Koch
Plant Disease in Agriculture
Animal Disease in Agriculture
Plant Responses to Infections
Animal Responses to Pathogens (innate immunity)
Immunity
Local, Regional & Global Spread
Preventing The Spread
Environmental Mgmt & Quarantine
Malaria
Diverse Strategies of Treatment
Indigenous Medicine & Smoke Bush
Revision Booklet
MODULE 8 - Non-infectious Diseases & Disorders
8.1 - Homeostasis
8.2 - Adaptations
8.3 - Hormonal & Neural pathways
8.4 - Plants & Water Balance
8.5 - Non Infectious Diseases
8.6 - Incidence & Prevalence of Disease
8.7 - Epidemiology Patterns
8.8 - Tx, Mgmt & Future Direction of Disease
8.9 - Evaluation of method & benefit
8.10 - Prevention by Public Campaigns & Genetic Engineering
8.11 - The Ear & Hearing Loss and Assistive Technologies
8.12 - The Eye & Visual Disorders
8.13 - The Kidney & Dialysis
8.14 - Efficacy of Medical Tech
NESA Verbs
Year 12 Bio Working Scientifically Skills
Science is Awesome
Mahony Science
Working Scientifically
Scientific Method Standards (How to write up an experiment)
Graphs & Tables
Theory v Law
Year 7
1. OBSERVING THE UNIVERSE
Working Scientifically
Becoming a Scientist
Lab Safety
Lab Equipment & Measurement
Observations, Inferences and Predictions
Observations of Scientific Phenomenon
Tables & Graphs
2. FORCES
An Introduction to Forces
Identifying Forces (contact/non-contact)
Spring Balances (newtonmeters)
Balanced & Unbalanced Forces
Friction
3. CELLS & CLASSIFICATION
Living & Non-Living Things
Intro to Cells
Cell Theory
Cell Organelles
Classification
Linnaean Classification
Dichotomous Keys
Six Kingdoms
Photosynthesis
Cellular Respiration
Yeast & Balloon (Respiration Exp)
4. MATTER
States of Matter
Particles & Changing State
Change of State in the Lab
Density
Physical Properties of Water
Year 8
1. LIVING SCIENCE
Road Map & Keywords
8.1 Body Systems
8.2 Specialised Cells
8.3 Digestive System
8.4 Respiratory System
8.5 Cellular Respiration
8.6 Circulatory System
8.8 Musculoskeletal System
8.7 Excretory Systems
8.9 Reproductive Systems
2. ECOSYSTEMS
Ecosystems - Biotic & Abiotic Factors
Communities, Populations & Species
Food Chains & Webs
Woodlands Modelling
Adaptations & Competition
Human Impact on Ecosystems
3. ENERGY & PBL
The Actual PBL Logbook
The Pendulum Experiment
Introduction to the PBL
Energy and Transformations
Sankey Diagram and Law of Conservation
Energy, Efficiency & Static Electricity
Week 6 - Circuits
Current & Voltage
Week 8/9/10
4. CHEMISTRY
Metals v Non-Metals
Elements, Mixtures & Compounds
Atoms
Atomic Theory
Periodic Table
Atoms II
Year 9
Year 9
ENERGY
9.1 - What is Energy
9.2 - Law of Conservation of Energy
9.3 - Energy Transfers
9.4 - Energy Transformations
Energy in Food Prac
9.5 - Energy & Work
9.6 - Energy & Power
9.7 Sources of Energy & Energy Efficiency
9.8 - Circuits
9.9 - Current, Voltage & Resistance
DISEASE
Introduction to Disease
Infectious Disease
Disease Transmission
Epidemics, Pandemics, Vaccination & Antibiotics
First Line Of Defence
Second Line of Defence
Third Line of Defence
Homeostasis
The Nervous System
The Endocrine System
CHEMISTRY
Atoms
Atomic Number & Atomic Mass
Electron Configuration
The Periodic Table
Ions
Materials 2 - Ionic Bonding
Materials 3 - covalent bonding
Mateirals 3a - Dot Diagrams
Materials 4 - Metallic Bonding
Materials 4a - Heat Conductivity of Metals
Materials 5 - Common Materials & Properties
Materials 6 - Chemical Formulae
Materials 7 - Physical Properties
Materials 8 - Organic v Inorganic
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
ES1 - Principles & Goals
ES2 - Sustainability & Caring for Country
ES3 - Weather & Climate
ES4 - Atmosphere & Greenhouse Effect
ES5 - Enhanced Greenhouse Effect
ES 6 - Reducing Emissions
Effect of CO2 (lab)
Verb Practise
Untitled page
Year 11
MODULE 1 - Cells as The Basis of Life
Prokaryotes & Eukaryotes
Microscopes
Cell Structures
Cell Membranes
Cell Transport
Endocytosis, Exocytosis, Tonicity & SA:V
Energy (ATP)
Cell Requirements
Photosynthesis
Cellular Respiration
Enzymes
MODULE 2 - Organisation of Living Things
Unicellular, Colonial & Multicellular Organisms
Hierarchy
Cell Differentiation & Specialisation
Animals - Tissues, Organs & Organ Systems
Plants - Tissues, Organs & Organ Systems
The Structure of Autotrophs
Xylem & Phloem
Tracing Products of Photosynthesis
Gas Exchange
Trace Digestion in Mammals
Comparison Gas & Nutrient Requirements.
Transport Systems
MODULE 3 - Biological Diversity
Abiotic & Biotic Factors
Cane Toads & Prickly Pears
Distribution & Abundance
Adaptations
Charles Darwin & His Finches
Biodiversity & Evolution
Diversification of life & TOEBNS
Micro & Macroevolution
The Horse
The Platypus
Convergent & Divergent Evolution
Gradualism & Punctuated Equilibrium
Evidence for Evolution
Fossil Dating
Modern Day Evolution
Phylogeny & Vestigial Limbs
MODULE 4 - Ecosytem Dynamics
Impacts of Abiotic Factors
Impact of Biotic Factors on the Ecosystem
Symbiosis & Competition
Niches & Energy Flow (food chains)
Predicting Consequences
Extinction Event
Sampling Techniques
Palaeontological & Geological Evidence
Sclerophyll Plants
Year 12
MODULE 5 - Heredity
Intro to Plant Reproduction
Intro to Reproductive Systems
5.1 Asexual v Sexual Reproduction in plants
5.2 Asexual Reproduction (binary, fission, spores, budding)
5.3 Internal & External Fertilisation
5.4 Fertilisation, Implantation & Hormonal Control
5.5 Reproduction in Agriculture
5.6 Mitosis
5.7 Meiosis
5.8 DNA Replication
5.9 Continuity of Species (genetic link)
5.10 DNA of Prokaryotes & Eukaryotes
5.11 Transcription & Translation
5.12 mRNA & tRNA
5.13 Function & Importance of Polypep Synthesis
5.14 Genes, Environment & Phenotypes
5.15 Structure & Function of Proteins
5.16 Modelling Meiosis, Fertilisation & Mutations
5.17 Punnet's - Mendel's Monohybrid Crosses
5.18 Sex-link, co-dom, incomp dom, multiple alleles (predict variations)
5.19 Pedigrees
5.20 Allele Frequency & SNP's
5.21 DNA Profiling & Sequencing
5.22 Population Genetics
MODULE 6 - Genetic Change
6.1a Mutagens
6.1 Genetic Variation - Meiosis, Mutation & Fertilisation
6.2 Point Mutations
6.3 Chromosomal Mutations
6.4 Somatic v Germline
6.5 Coding & Non-Coding DNA
6.5a Gene Flow, Genetic Drift & Gene Pool
6.6 Uses of Biotech (past, present, future)
6.6a Social Implications & Ethical Uses
6.7 Future Directions of Biotech
6.8 Inducing Genetic Change, AI, AP
6.9 Cloning
6.10 Recombinant DNA in Ag & Medicine
6.11 Ag, Medical, Industry, Biotech, Social, Economic &. Cultural
6.12 Social, Economic & Cultural contexts
MODULE 7 - Infectious Disease
Causes of Infectious Diseases
Transmission of Disease
Microbial Testing of Food & Water
Adaptations of Pathogens
Pasteur & Koch
Plant Disease in Agriculture
Animal Disease in Agriculture
Plant Responses to Infections
Animal Responses to Pathogens (innate immunity)
Immunity
Local, Regional & Global Spread
Preventing The Spread
Environmental Mgmt & Quarantine
Malaria
Diverse Strategies of Treatment
Indigenous Medicine & Smoke Bush
Revision Booklet
MODULE 8 - Non-infectious Diseases & Disorders
8.1 - Homeostasis
8.2 - Adaptations
8.3 - Hormonal & Neural pathways
8.4 - Plants & Water Balance
8.5 - Non Infectious Diseases
8.6 - Incidence & Prevalence of Disease
8.7 - Epidemiology Patterns
8.8 - Tx, Mgmt & Future Direction of Disease
8.9 - Evaluation of method & benefit
8.10 - Prevention by Public Campaigns & Genetic Engineering
8.11 - The Ear & Hearing Loss and Assistive Technologies
8.12 - The Eye & Visual Disorders
8.13 - The Kidney & Dialysis
8.14 - Efficacy of Medical Tech
NESA Verbs
Year 12 Bio Working Scientifically Skills
Science is Awesome
More
Working Scientifically
Scientific Method Standards (How to write up an experiment)
Graphs & Tables
Theory v Law
Year 7
1. OBSERVING THE UNIVERSE
Working Scientifically
Becoming a Scientist
Lab Safety
Lab Equipment & Measurement
Observations, Inferences and Predictions
Observations of Scientific Phenomenon
Tables & Graphs
2. FORCES
An Introduction to Forces
Identifying Forces (contact/non-contact)
Spring Balances (newtonmeters)
Balanced & Unbalanced Forces
Friction
3. CELLS & CLASSIFICATION
Living & Non-Living Things
Intro to Cells
Cell Theory
Cell Organelles
Classification
Linnaean Classification
Dichotomous Keys
Six Kingdoms
Photosynthesis
Cellular Respiration
Yeast & Balloon (Respiration Exp)
4. MATTER
States of Matter
Particles & Changing State
Change of State in the Lab
Density
Physical Properties of Water
Year 8
1. LIVING SCIENCE
Road Map & Keywords
8.1 Body Systems
8.2 Specialised Cells
8.3 Digestive System
8.4 Respiratory System
8.5 Cellular Respiration
8.6 Circulatory System
8.8 Musculoskeletal System
8.7 Excretory Systems
8.9 Reproductive Systems
2. ECOSYSTEMS
Ecosystems - Biotic & Abiotic Factors
Communities, Populations & Species
Food Chains & Webs
Woodlands Modelling
Adaptations & Competition
Human Impact on Ecosystems
3. ENERGY & PBL
The Actual PBL Logbook
The Pendulum Experiment
Introduction to the PBL
Energy and Transformations
Sankey Diagram and Law of Conservation
Energy, Efficiency & Static Electricity
Week 6 - Circuits
Current & Voltage
Week 8/9/10
4. CHEMISTRY
Metals v Non-Metals
Elements, Mixtures & Compounds
Atoms
Atomic Theory
Periodic Table
Atoms II
Year 9
Year 9
ENERGY
9.1 - What is Energy
9.2 - Law of Conservation of Energy
9.3 - Energy Transfers
9.4 - Energy Transformations
Energy in Food Prac
9.5 - Energy & Work
9.6 - Energy & Power
9.7 Sources of Energy & Energy Efficiency
9.8 - Circuits
9.9 - Current, Voltage & Resistance
DISEASE
Introduction to Disease
Infectious Disease
Disease Transmission
Epidemics, Pandemics, Vaccination & Antibiotics
First Line Of Defence
Second Line of Defence
Third Line of Defence
Homeostasis
The Nervous System
The Endocrine System
CHEMISTRY
Atoms
Atomic Number & Atomic Mass
Electron Configuration
The Periodic Table
Ions
Materials 2 - Ionic Bonding
Materials 3 - covalent bonding
Mateirals 3a - Dot Diagrams
Materials 4 - Metallic Bonding
Materials 4a - Heat Conductivity of Metals
Materials 5 - Common Materials & Properties
Materials 6 - Chemical Formulae
Materials 7 - Physical Properties
Materials 8 - Organic v Inorganic
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
ES1 - Principles & Goals
ES2 - Sustainability & Caring for Country
ES3 - Weather & Climate
ES4 - Atmosphere & Greenhouse Effect
ES5 - Enhanced Greenhouse Effect
ES 6 - Reducing Emissions
Effect of CO2 (lab)
Verb Practise
Untitled page
Year 11
MODULE 1 - Cells as The Basis of Life
Prokaryotes & Eukaryotes
Microscopes
Cell Structures
Cell Membranes
Cell Transport
Endocytosis, Exocytosis, Tonicity & SA:V
Energy (ATP)
Cell Requirements
Photosynthesis
Cellular Respiration
Enzymes
MODULE 2 - Organisation of Living Things
Unicellular, Colonial & Multicellular Organisms
Hierarchy
Cell Differentiation & Specialisation
Animals - Tissues, Organs & Organ Systems
Plants - Tissues, Organs & Organ Systems
The Structure of Autotrophs
Xylem & Phloem
Tracing Products of Photosynthesis
Gas Exchange
Trace Digestion in Mammals
Comparison Gas & Nutrient Requirements.
Transport Systems
MODULE 3 - Biological Diversity
Abiotic & Biotic Factors
Cane Toads & Prickly Pears
Distribution & Abundance
Adaptations
Charles Darwin & His Finches
Biodiversity & Evolution
Diversification of life & TOEBNS
Micro & Macroevolution
The Horse
The Platypus
Convergent & Divergent Evolution
Gradualism & Punctuated Equilibrium
Evidence for Evolution
Fossil Dating
Modern Day Evolution
Phylogeny & Vestigial Limbs
MODULE 4 - Ecosytem Dynamics
Impacts of Abiotic Factors
Impact of Biotic Factors on the Ecosystem
Symbiosis & Competition
Niches & Energy Flow (food chains)
Predicting Consequences
Extinction Event
Sampling Techniques
Palaeontological & Geological Evidence
Sclerophyll Plants
Year 12
MODULE 5 - Heredity
Intro to Plant Reproduction
Intro to Reproductive Systems
5.1 Asexual v Sexual Reproduction in plants
5.2 Asexual Reproduction (binary, fission, spores, budding)
5.3 Internal & External Fertilisation
5.4 Fertilisation, Implantation & Hormonal Control
5.5 Reproduction in Agriculture
5.6 Mitosis
5.7 Meiosis
5.8 DNA Replication
5.9 Continuity of Species (genetic link)
5.10 DNA of Prokaryotes & Eukaryotes
5.11 Transcription & Translation
5.12 mRNA & tRNA
5.13 Function & Importance of Polypep Synthesis
5.14 Genes, Environment & Phenotypes
5.15 Structure & Function of Proteins
5.16 Modelling Meiosis, Fertilisation & Mutations
5.17 Punnet's - Mendel's Monohybrid Crosses
5.18 Sex-link, co-dom, incomp dom, multiple alleles (predict variations)
5.19 Pedigrees
5.20 Allele Frequency & SNP's
5.21 DNA Profiling & Sequencing
5.22 Population Genetics
MODULE 6 - Genetic Change
6.1a Mutagens
6.1 Genetic Variation - Meiosis, Mutation & Fertilisation
6.2 Point Mutations
6.3 Chromosomal Mutations
6.4 Somatic v Germline
6.5 Coding & Non-Coding DNA
6.5a Gene Flow, Genetic Drift & Gene Pool
6.6 Uses of Biotech (past, present, future)
6.6a Social Implications & Ethical Uses
6.7 Future Directions of Biotech
6.8 Inducing Genetic Change, AI, AP
6.9 Cloning
6.10 Recombinant DNA in Ag & Medicine
6.11 Ag, Medical, Industry, Biotech, Social, Economic &. Cultural
6.12 Social, Economic & Cultural contexts
MODULE 7 - Infectious Disease
Causes of Infectious Diseases
Transmission of Disease
Microbial Testing of Food & Water
Adaptations of Pathogens
Pasteur & Koch
Plant Disease in Agriculture
Animal Disease in Agriculture
Plant Responses to Infections
Animal Responses to Pathogens (innate immunity)
Immunity
Local, Regional & Global Spread
Preventing The Spread
Environmental Mgmt & Quarantine
Malaria
Diverse Strategies of Treatment
Indigenous Medicine & Smoke Bush
Revision Booklet
MODULE 8 - Non-infectious Diseases & Disorders
8.1 - Homeostasis
8.2 - Adaptations
8.3 - Hormonal & Neural pathways
8.4 - Plants & Water Balance
8.5 - Non Infectious Diseases
8.6 - Incidence & Prevalence of Disease
8.7 - Epidemiology Patterns
8.8 - Tx, Mgmt & Future Direction of Disease
8.9 - Evaluation of method & benefit
8.10 - Prevention by Public Campaigns & Genetic Engineering
8.11 - The Ear & Hearing Loss and Assistive Technologies
8.12 - The Eye & Visual Disorders
8.13 - The Kidney & Dialysis
8.14 - Efficacy of Medical Tech
NESA Verbs
Year 12 Bio Working Scientifically Skills
Science is Awesome
Effect of CO2 (lab)
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