Earth and Environmental Science
Stage 1
Semester
10 credit
Course Overview
This course has been designed to address the biggest threat to our species, climate change. Earth and Environmental Science is for students who enjoy science and want to learn how to make an individual difference to our world. Students will explore the essential resources Earth provides them with and allow students to investigate how to influence and take individual action on sustainability issues.
Topics:
- How do humans benefit from the Earth?
- What you breathe comes from the Earth
- Everything you eat comes from the Earth
- Everything you drink comes from the Earth
- Everything you use comes from the Earth
- You stay warm because of the Earth
- Amazing stories the Earth has to share
- How we came to be here
- What life used to be like
- What life is like now
Assessment
School based
25% – Practical Investigation
25% – Science as a Human Endeavour Task
50% – Skills and Applications Tasks
