{"id":34,"date":"2016-04-20T14:44:36","date_gmt":"2016-04-20T14:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/forfaracademy\/?page_id=34"},"modified":"2023-06-28T12:31:37","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T11:31:37","slug":"science","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/forfaracademy\/curriculum\/faculties\/science\/","title":{"rendered":"Science"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/forfarscience\">Follow @forfarScience<\/a><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ForAcadPhysics\">Follow @ForAcadPhysics<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"style5\">Staff<\/h3>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h5><strong>Principal Teacher<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<td>Mr D. Scally<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h6><strong>Biology<\/strong><\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td>Dr M. Comrie<\/td>\n<td>Miss J. McIntyre<\/td>\n<td>Ms R. Thomson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h6><strong>Chemistry<\/strong><\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td>Mrs C. Bell<\/td>\n<td>Miss Z. Chisholm<\/td>\n<td>Dr C. Watson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h6>Physics<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td>Mr E. Palmer<\/td>\n<td>Mr G. Saunders<\/td>\n<td>Mrs A. Strachan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"style7\">Broad General Education S1-S3\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Pupils in S1 and S2\u00a0are taught in mixed ability groupings for 3 periods a week covering Biological Systems, Materials and Forces and Electricity. It is a fast paced challenging course that includes fun active learning in all three discrete areas of science. All pupils will experience 3<sup>rd<\/sup> level outcomes within the context of the eight science Significant Aspects of Learning. Health and wellbeing, numeracy and literacy outcomes are embedded throughout with the assessment of specific outcomes covered during the year. We assess knowledge and understanding of scientific ideas both formatively and summatively, along with the assessment of inquiry and investigative skills through practical investigation. Scientific analytical thinking skills are developed and assessed throughout by practise of problem solving activities. The course is designed to enthuse and engage through practical experience to support the development of scientific enquiry.<\/p>\n<p>The S3 course offers more personalisation and choice, with pupils able to study either 1, 2 or all 3 of the discrete sciences. This creates a more in depth rich learning experience and allows a subject specialist to enhance the context of the learning within their own subject area.<\/p>\n<p>Each S3 discrete science course is taught 2 periods per week throughout the year.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"style 2\">Senior Phase S4-S6<\/h3>\n<p>Progression pathways:<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>S4<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>S5<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>S6<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>N5<\/strong> Physics<\/p>\n<p><strong>N5<\/strong> Chemistry<\/p>\n<p><strong>N5<\/strong> Biology<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Higher<\/strong> Physics<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Higher<\/strong> Chemistry<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Higher<\/strong> Biology<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Advanced\u00a0Higher<\/strong> Physics<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Advanced Higher <\/strong>Chemistry<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Advanced Higher<\/strong> Biology<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>N3\/4<\/strong> Physics<\/p>\n<p><strong>N3\/4<\/strong> Chemistry<\/p>\n<p><strong>N3\/4<\/strong> Biology<\/p>\n<p><strong>N3\/4<\/strong> Science<\/td>\n<td><strong>N4\/5<\/strong> Physics<\/p>\n<p><strong>N4\/5<\/strong> Chemistry<\/p>\n<p><strong>N4\/5<\/strong> Biology<\/td>\n<td><strong>Higher<\/strong> Physics<\/p>\n<p><strong>Higher<\/strong> Chemistry<\/p>\n<p><strong>Higher<\/strong> Biology<\/p>\n<p><strong>N5<\/strong> Laboratory Skills<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>\u00a0N5<\/strong> Environmental Science<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Full information on each course can be found in the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/forfaracademy\/curriculum\/course-option-choice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Senior Phase Prospectus<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Follow @forfarScienceFollow @ForAcadPhysics Staff Principal Teacher Mr D. Scally Biology Dr M. Comrie Miss J. McIntyre Ms R. Thomson Chemistry Mrs C. Bell Miss Z. Chisholm Dr C. Watson Physics Mr E. Palmer Mr G. Saunders Mrs A. Strachan &nbsp; Broad General Education S1-S3\u00a0 Pupils in S1 and S2\u00a0are taught in mixed ability groupings for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/forfaracademy\/curriculum\/faculties\/science\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Science<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":621,"featured_media":0,"parent":11,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-34","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/forfaracademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/forfaracademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/forfaracademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/forfaracademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/621"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/forfaracademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34"}],"version-history":[{"count":39,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/forfaracademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3689,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/forfaracademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34\/revisions\/3689"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/forfaracademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/forfaracademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}