In Year Seven, learners are introduced to measurements and physical quantities such as length, volume, mass, density, force, pressure, distance, time and speed. They are also given the opportunity to learn about scientific processes, skills, basic equipments, laboratory rules and perform skill-based activities in simple investigations, practical experiments and fieldwork. This section is seen as the pivotal to all other strands so it was introduced at the beginning of secondary science.
Living things have great diversity of structure and lifestyle; they interact with each other and with the world in which they live. Learners collect information about the ways organisms live in order to develop an understanding of those structures, which…
All materials have properties that are determined by their underlying structures. Materials are grouped according to different properties. Learners study the ideas that scientists have about the structures of materials. They investigate the properties of materials; how the properties change;…
The World in which we live is been molded by forces, which influence the motion, shape, behavior and energy of objects. The efficient control of energy transfer and transformation is integral to the organization and development of life. Learners explore…
The universe, of which the Earth is a part, has many components. Learners explore ideas about the dynamic nature of the earth, solar system and universe. They develop an understanding of the scales of time and space over which events…