Year 7 Science

Core Program

This course covers the key subject area of Science.

Our term courses are scheduled in line with public school term dates. There are 4 terms per year and usually 10 lessons per term, with one lesson each week. You can commence our courses at any time, however a new term starts in late January, April, July and October.

Our Science course enable students to:

  • Cover a variety of stimulating and challenging mathematics questions to systematically introduce and reinforce key concepts, and develop logical thinking and problem solving skills.

Program schedules are designed to allow maximum flexibility for students.

Course Structure
  • Science
  • 4 terms in a year, 10 weeks in a term
  • Not offered as a single subject course
  • Can be combined with Maths (Maths + Science: 2 hour lessons per week)
  • Can be combined with English (English + Science: 2 hour lessons per week)
  • Students attend lessons at their allocated time schedule
  • Small class group based
  • Experienced educators

 

Course Outline

Year 7 SCIENCE

Term 1
Week 1 — Introduction to Science
Week 2 — The Scientific Method and Common Lab Equipment
Week 3 — Burning Substances Using the Bunsen Burner
Week 4 — Measurements
Week 5 — Interpreting and Drawing Graphs
Week 6 — Data Processing and Scientific Reports
Week 7 — Energy
Week 8 — Revision & Test
Week 9 — Separating Mixtures 1
Week 10 — Separating Mixtures 2

Term 3
Week 1 – Renewable and Non-renewable Resources
Week 2 – Uses of Renewable Resources
Week 3 – The Water Cycle
Week 4 – Water Recycling and Management
Week 5 – Motions of the Earth and Moon
Week 6 – Eclipses
Week 7 – Tides
Week 8 – Revision Test
Week 9 – The Seasons
Week 10 – Weather Science

Term 4
Week 1 – Models of the Solar System
Week 2 – Forces
Week 3 – Gravity
Week 4 – Simple Machines
Week 5 – Application of Forces – Safety and Sports
Week 6 – Experimental Design and Evaluation of Experiments
Week 7 – Uses of Models in Science
Week 8 – Revision Test
Week 9 – Density and Floatation
Week 10 – Dinosaurs

  • On Campus
    face-to-face

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