Science 10

Credits: 4

Students gain a foundation in scientific processes and preparation for senior Science courses while exploring four strands of science:  Cells and Heredity, Chemistry, Astronomy, and Energy and its forms. The Big Ideas of the course are:

  • Cells are derived from cells, cell division, as well as the role of DNA in the formation of both proteins as well as gender determination in reproduction
  • How electron arrangement of atoms and the periodic table impacts their chemical nature, and how this can be used to understand bonding types, formation of reactions, as well as predicting products and of course balancing equations.    
  • The chemical nature of certain atoms and their unstable nature leading to radioactive decay in the formation of medical remedies, used in energy production, and as a consequence of the cold war. 
  • Energy transformations, and how it moves between both potential and kinetic forms.
  • The formation of the universe, through applied transformation of energy over time.

Recommended prerequisite: successful completion of Science 9

Prerequisites

Science 9

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