Sciences
About the Department
A well resourced science laboratory allows a practical approach to learning. The use of ICT including interactive whiteboard enhances the learning experience. The staffing complement within the Science department is 1.6 FTE allowing all pupils to access the Science curriculum. At Abercorn the Science curriculum aims to provide pupils with an opportunity to investigate a wide range of topics using a variety of resources.
Courses
S1-S3
The new Science course has been developed in line with Curriculum for Excellence guidelines. Pupils will be given the opportunity to develop their understanding and interest in the living, material and physical world. In order to do this, pupils will undertake a number of active learning activities including working on group investigations. The course will be split in line with the five Science organisers. The curriculum areas covered are:
· Biodiversity and interdependance
· Space
· Forces
· Electricity
· Energy sources and sustainability
· Processes of the planet
· Properties and uses of substances
· Earth’s materials
· Chemical changes
S4-S6
The department is involved in a programme of National Qualifications. The units currently offered by the department are:
· National 2 Science in the environment – Living Things, Resources forces and energy, Managing an environmental area
· National 3 Science - Human health, Fragile earth, Applications of science
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