With a strong emphasis on developing scientific enquiry skills and content designed to support enquiry-based learning, the iLowerSecondary Science curriculum is based on the latest version of the English National Curriculum.

Objectives

• scientific knowledge and conceptual understanding in the areas of biology, chemistry and physics
• understanding of the nature, processes and methods of science through scientific enquiry, which helps them to answer scientific questions on the world around them
• learning of how to apply observational, practical and enquiry-based skills to the world around them
• their ability to evaluate claims based on science through critical

Assessment

Lower Secondary Science consists of one externally-set achievement test: Written examination: 1 hour 20 minutes.