Staff
Mrs Park

Broad General Education S1 to S3

Science is important in our lives at work, at leisure and in the home. Our pupils are becoming increasingly aware of the impact of science on their own health and on the environment. Through the Curriculum for Excellence, pupils will build up their understanding of important scientific concepts and develop a lifelong interest in science through five organisers:

Planet Earth

Forces, electricity and waves

Biological systems

Materials

Topical science

Within each organiser, pupils will experiment and investigate to solve problems and challenges. As they progress from S1 to S3 they will experience and develop practical skills through experimental and investigative learning with opportunities to ask questions, hypothesise, plan and carry out experiments, select equipment, measure, collect and record evidence, analyse, draw conclusions, present results, report findings and evaluate procedures.

S1 to S3 Science Topics

Plants

Forces

Materials

Space

Electricity

Water

Humans

Inheritance

Weather

Living Things

Energy

Chemical Changes

Earth’s Resources

Measuring Techniques
Senior Phase S4 to S6

The courses and units offered at the senior stage in Science will include progression and depend on the achievements and ability of the individual pupil. In S4, pupils will initially undertake SQA units which could potentially lead to the completion of an SQA National Award. Progression could involve lateral steps to other National 1, 2 and 3 units or more advanced units.

As pupils progress through the Senior Phase, there may be the opportunity to undertake units relating to environmental education at different levels including an Eco Awareness unit at National 1 and 2 as part of the Personal Achievement Award and a National 3 Environmental Science unit. Course and units could include:

National 1 – Freestanding Units 

Energy

Living Things

Materials

Nature and the Environment

Reduce, Re-use and Recycle

National 1 and 2 – Units from Personal Achievement Award 

Eco-Awareness

National 2 – Science in the Environment Course Award 

Living Things

Resources, Forces and Energy

Sustainable Lifestyles

National 3 – Science Course Award

Fragile Earth

Human Health

Applications of Science

National 3 – Environmental Science Units

Earth’s Resources

Sustainability