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LENGTH OF COURSE: Semester Only
ASSUMED BACKGROUND: Completion of Year 10 science
SUBJECT CHARGES:Ìý±·¾±±ô

CONTENT
Course content will be a selection of the following:

1. Captive and natural marine environments – understanding the relationships between plant, animal and microbial life, and the non-living and biological factors that affect them.
2. Organisms – understanding the cellular and overall structures and functions of a range of organisms.
3. Interactions between Earth’s spheres: Understanding the connection between the Hydrosphere, atmosphere, geosphere, biosphere, including human impacts such as climate change.
4. 4.Turbulent Earth – Understanding how Earth hazards, such as earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptions, impact both the human and physical landscape.
5. Field activities – understanding the work of biologists, and to joining and initiating debates about how biology impacts on their lives, on society, and on the environment.
6. Science in Society – understanding the relationships between marine studies, medical research, biodiversity, recreation, tourism and environmental health.