Massey High School Massey High School

Level 3 Science 301

SCI301
Course Description

Teacher in Charge: E. Combrinck.

Recommended Prior Learning

Students must gain at least 12 credits of level 2 Science in any of Sc 201, Bio 201, Chem 201, Chem 200, Phys 201 of which a minimum of 3 NCEA credits must be from the external examination.


This course is made up of standards from Earth and Space Science, Physics, Chemistry and Biology. It is designed as a possible pathway for students who might do university degree or just have a general interest in Science.

It will count as a domain towards UE and contains credits towards UE literacy (reading) and UE Literacy (writing).

Due to clashes with standards this is a standalone Science course and is not intended to be studied with Bio301, Chem301, Phy301 and/or ESS301.

Our specific areas of study are: Impacts of climate change, how a speed gun works and how we know the universe is expanding, how the body maintains a stable internal environment, how we measure the distance to stars and galaxies, ozone layer and the ozone hole, and human evolution.



Faculties:

Science