NCEA Level 1 Science

__notoc__ Cover Overview 3 Collaborative learning modules Nature of science right|150pxright|150pxright|150pxright|150pxright|150pxright|150pxright|150pxright|150pxright|150pxright|150px 1. Investigating in science Develop and carry out more complex investigations, including using models. Show an increasing awareness of the complexity of working scientifically, including recognition of multiple variables. Begin to evaluate the suitability of the investigative methods chosen. Living world Assessments 2. Life processes Relate key structural features and functions to the life processes of plants, animals, and micro-organisms and investigate environmental factors that affect these processes. 3. Ecology Investigate the impact of natural events and human actions on a New Zealand ecosystem. 4. Evolution Explore patterns in the inheritance of genetically controlled characteristics. Explain the importance of variation within a changing environment. Planet earth and beyond Assessments 5. Earth systems Investigate the external and internal processes that shape and change the surface features of New Zealand. 6. Interacting systems Develop an understanding of how the geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere interact to cycle carbon around Earth. 7. Astronomical systems Investigate the interactions between the solar, lunar, and Earth cycles and the effect of these on Earth. Physical world Assessments 8. Physical inquiry and physics concepts Investigate trends and relationships in physical phenomena (in the areas of mechanics, electricity, electromagnetism, heat, light and waves, and atomic and nuclear physics). Demonstrate an understanding of physical phenomena and concepts by explaining and solving questions and problems that relate to straightforward situations. 9. Using physics Investigate how physics knowledge is used in a technological or biological application. Material world Assessments 10. Properties and changes of matter Identify patterns and trends in the properties of a range of groups of substances, for example, acids and bases, metals, metal compounds, and hydrocarbons. Explore factors that affect chemical processes. 11. The structure of matter Distinguish between atoms, molecules, and ions (includes covalent and ionic bonding). Link atomic structure to the organisation of the periodic table. Use particle theory to explain factors that affect chemical processes. 12.Chemistry and society Investigate how chemical knowledge is used in a technological application of chemistry. N Science study guides National Certificate of Educational Achievement 25%