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Secondary Science
Year: 7
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| Strand 1: Life and living
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Substrand: "7.1 What is science?"
(20 periods)
Science is finding out about how things work and why things happen the way they are. To explain how things work, we observe and do experiment or investigation. Scientific experiments or investigation is done in a systematic way. We used our five senses to help us carry out experiments, observation and investigation. In carrying out scientific experiments and investigations basic safety measures should be observed.
Physical quantities are measured in terms of standardized units. Appropriate instruments must be used to measure the different quantities.
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7.1.1 be able to work carefully and safely in the science laboratory (s)
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7.1.1.1 apply safety procedures when doing science experiments in the science laboratory
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7.1.2 know the basic laboratory safety rules (k)
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7.1.2.1 list the basic laboratory safety rules
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7.1.3 know the meaning of living and non-living things (k)
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7.1.3.1 describe living and non- living things
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7.1.4 know the main branches of science (k)
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7.1.4.1 describe the four main branches of science
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7.1.5 be able to show two types of observations (s)
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7.1.5.1 demonstrate the two types of Observation (Qualitative and Quantitative)
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7.1.6 understand the terms infer and predict (u)
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7.1.6.1 explain inferring and prediction
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7.1.7 know the basic science laboratory equipment (k)
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7.1.7.1 list and draw basic science laboratory equipment
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7.1.8 be able to show scientific report writing (s)
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7.1.8.1 write a scientific report of a simple science experiment that has been carried out
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7.1.9 know how to measure accurately (k)
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7.1.9.1 state the appropriate units used for these measurements; length, height, distance, mass, time, speed, volume and temperature
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7.1.10 be able to use balances (s)
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7.1.10.1 demonstrate the use of balances; beam balance and electronic balance
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7.1.11 know the five senses (k)
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7.1.11.1 list the five sense that scientist used for observation
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7.1.12 be able to plan scientific experiments (s)
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7.1.12.1 design a scientific experiment to solve a scientific problem
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7.1.13 appreciate benefits provided through science (a)
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7.1.13.1 describe at least five benefits science brought about in our daily lives today
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