Science

The study of science is mandatory for all students from Kindergarten to Year 10.

In science, students explore the natural and made worlds. They learn how to apply scientific skills, knowledge and understanding across a broad range of contexts.

Science provides a way of inquiring about the world around us. It explores evidence and investigates ways to discover, develop and produce solutions to real-world problems. The inquiry and skill-based nature of science opens doors to ideas and discoveries. 

Engaging students in science

At J J Cahill MHS, we strive to provide students with quality learning resources to help them unravel the world around them.

Our relatively small classes are perfect for ensuring each student gets to participate in practicals that will enhance student learning by physically doing science.

We aim to promote our students’ learning interests by extensively incorporating STEM resources into our lessons. 

• So this is Science
• What’s the Matter?
• Classification
• Energy
• Forces

• The Role of the Chemist
  
• Ecology and Resources
• Cells and Body Systems
• Planet Earth

• Electricity and Waves
• Fossils and Natural Selection
• Disasters and Resources
• The Atom’s family

• Genetics
• Industrial Chemistry
• Crash
• Space

• Biology
• Chemistry
• Earth and Environmental Science*

• Investigating Science*
• Physics*

*subject to student numbers

• Cells as the Basis of Life
• Organisation of Living Things
• Biological Diversity
• Ecosystem Dynamics

• Heredity
• Genetic Change
• Infectious Diseases
• Non-infectious Disease and Disorders

Chemistry

Students studying Chemistry in Year 11 and 12 will study a range of topics built on the knowledge and skills developed from stage 4 and 5 Science.

• Properties and Structure of Matter
• Introduction to Quantitative Chemistry
• Reactive Chemistry
• Drivers and Reactions
• Equilibrium and Acid Reactions
• Acid/base Reactions
• Organic Chemistry
• Applying Chemical Ideas

Physics

Students studying Physics in Year 11 and 12 will study a range of topics built on the knowledge and skills developed from stage 4 and 5 Science.

• Kinematics
• Dynamics
• Waves and Thermodynamics
• Electricity and Magnetism
• Advanced Mechanics
• Electromagnetism
• The Nature of Light
• From the Universe to the Atom

Earth and Environmental Science

Students studying Earth and Environmental Science in Year 11 and 12 will study a range of topics built on the knowledge and skills developed from stage 4 and 5 Science.

• Earth’s Resources
• Plate Tectonics
• Energy Transformations
• Human Impacts
• Earth’s Processes
• Hazards
• Climate Science
• Resource Management

Investigating Science

Students studying Investigating Science in Year 11 and 12 will study a range of topics built on the knowledge and skills developed from stage 4 and 5 Science.

• Cause and Effect- Observing
• Cause and Effect- Inferences and Generalisation
• Scientific Models
• Theories and Laws
• Scientific Investigations
• Technologies
• Fact or Fallacy?
• Science and Society