{"id":857,"date":"2021-09-22T11:16:02","date_gmt":"2021-09-22T11:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/portglasgowhs\/?page_id=857"},"modified":"2021-09-22T11:23:47","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T11:23:47","slug":"s1-broad-general-education","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/portglasgowhs\/science\/sciences-courses\/s1-broad-general-education\/","title":{"rendered":"S1 Broad General Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>Course Content Information<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>In S1, pupils experience science 3 times a week. Their time in the department is split evenly between the three sciences \u2013 biology, chemistry and physics \u2013 where they explore a vast range of experiences and outcomes. The S1 Broad General Education curriculum develops a pupil\u2019s interest and enthusiasm for science through investigation, experimentation and scientific inquiry. Topics are contextualised with real world examples and topical scientific issues are explored. The outline of our S1 Broad General Education curriculum is detailed below:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Biology<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Cell structure and function<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Plants and photosynthesis <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Chemicals in agriculture <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Enzymes<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Respiration<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Microorganisms <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Body\u2019s defences and vaccines <\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Chemistry<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The kinetic theory of matter <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Expansion and contraction<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Solubility <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Fossil fuels<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Climate change <\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Physics<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Energy<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Heat<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Electricity <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Waves<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Course Assessment Information<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Pupils experience a mixture of Level 3 and 4 experiences and outcomes in the S1 Broad General Education curriculum. They are assessed using benchmarks after they have completed each unit of work \u2013 Biology, Chemistry and Physics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Course Content Information In S1, pupils experience science 3 times a week. Their time in the department is split evenly between the three sciences \u2013 biology, chemistry and physics \u2013 where they explore a vast range of experiences and outcomes. The S1 Broad General Education curriculum develops a pupil\u2019s interest and enthusiasm for science through &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/portglasgowhs\/science\/sciences-courses\/s1-broad-general-education\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">S1 Broad General Education<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8098,"featured_media":0,"parent":523,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-857","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/portglasgowhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/portglasgowhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/portglasgowhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/portglasgowhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8098"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/portglasgowhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=857"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/portglasgowhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":859,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/portglasgowhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/857\/revisions\/859"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/portglasgowhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/portglasgowhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}