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Science, Years 11–13

Phase 5 of Te Mātaiaho. Senior secondary content, rolling out from Year 11.

Senior Science

Senior science is taught as NCEA subjects. At Level 1 (Year 11) schools offer Science, or Chemistry and Biology and Physics, Earth and Space Science as separate courses.

From Level 2, students usually choose from Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Earth and Space Science. Some schools offer Agricultural and Horticultural Science at all three levels.

Years 11–13 lesson and unit ideas

  • Unit

    Rates of reaction investigation

    Plan and run an investigation into how temperature or acid concentration changes how fast magnesium reacts, then process the data and explain it with collision theory.

  • Lesson

    Inheritance with Punnett squares

    Predict offspring ratios from monohybrid crosses, then compare the predictions with results from a class simulation.

  • Unit

    Reading the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake

    Use GeoNet data and maps to explore how several faults ruptured, why the coastline lifted, and how scientists locate an earthquake.

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NCEA standards

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