Year+9+Science

__Under Control - Nerves and Hormones__
We are going to start our school year studying the nervous and endocrine systems of animals and plants (hormones only). I've established Blogs for both of my classes, so that questions that come up in class or when students are studying at home can be shared as can the answers we find. [|9A Blog] [|9C Blog] We will be completing a series of tasks, many of which are outlined in the student booklet. Our first assessment task is to complete a representation of a neuron.

We've just been studying the senses. We've considered the eye and ear in some detail and now the students are investigating smell and taste and they have been asked to develop their own experiment to investigate whether: Girls have better sense of smell than boys or We need a sense of smell to be able to taste things well.



**Term 2**
This term the students will be investigating sustainable solutions to energy needs using inquiry learning techniques. The [|STELR] program has been established by ATSE and funded by the Federal Government. The materials included here are not mine - they have been prepared and shared by ATSE.

Genetics and BioTechnology

**Term 3**
This term we are looking at energy transfers and transformations and the way our society applies this information to develop technologies for communication, entertainment, medical imaging for diagnostic purposes and treatment etc. Light Sound & Communications

**Term 4**
Understanding Atoms - we start by revising the material they have studied over Years 7 & 8 to reinforce the main concepts of States of Matter, Separation Techniques, Solutions, Elements, Atoms, Compounds, and Mixtures, the Periodic Table and bonding. Structures and Properties of Matter - then we move into working on Lavoisier's Law of Conservation of Mass, balancing equations, ionic, covalent and metallic bonds and new materials (Nanotechnology, polymers etc).