M2
M2 Science
Final Exam Study Guide
Exam Format: Your final exam will consist of two parts:
Part 1: The first part will have short answer questions testing your understanding of all the content you have studied this year (summarized below). This will be marked using Criteria C- Understanding and Knowledge (including your understanding of scientific inquiry and data processing).
Part 2: In the second part of the exam you will be presented with a global issue and asked to assess it according to Criteria A- One World.
Topic |
Main Objectives |
Heat on the Move |
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The Senses |
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Hydrogen, Metals, Acids and Alkalis |
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The Earth |
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Scientific Inquiry |
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Data Processing |
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Bookmarks
EYE DISSECTION AS PART OF THE UNIT 'THE SENSES': If you are squeamish and don't want to perform an EYE Dissection, then you can see how it is done by visiting: http://www.exploratorium.edu/learning_studio/cow_eye/step01.html
The senses quiz can be found HERE
Topics to be covered during M2
Term 1 Safety & Exp method Heat on the Move The Senses |
Term 2 Hydrogen, Metals, Acids and Alkalis The Earth
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Term 3 Keeping the Body Working Science Fair |
Safety and the Experimental Method
Student Learning Outcomes – at the end of this unit, students should be able to:
Recall the safety rules from M1
Understand the meaning of a range of various safety signs found in the environment and what to do in the event of spilage.
Understand the meaning of vehicle warning labels and what to in the event of an accident.
Understand the meaning of experimental terms such as dependent and independent variable.
Carry out a detailed consumer investigation, ad present their findings.
Heat on the Move
Student Learning Outcomes – at the end of this unit, students should be able to:
Appreciate that heat can travel by conduction, convection and radiation
Understand how heat travels in solids, liquids, gases and a vacuum
Describe conduction in terms of the vibration of particles
Know that metals are good conductors of heat
Describe convection in terms of the movement of particles
Understand the role of convection in the atmosphere (water cycle, monsoons, ocean currents)
Compare heat radiation with visible light
Know that this is the only form of heat transfer through a vacuum
Appreciate what causes changes of states of matter.
Understand why phase changes occur at constant temperaure.
The Senses
Student Learning Outcomes – at the end of this unit, students should be able to:
Recognise the 5 senses
Realise that the umbra and penumbra of a solar eclipse are due to light travelling in a straight line’.
Build a pinhole camera.
Know how the eye works and its main components.
Know how the ear works and its main components.
Appreciate sound as Vibrations.
Understand the terms frequency, pitch.
Understand how sensory nerves in skin produce sensations
Differentiate between Learnt & Reflex reactions
Appreciate the evidence for and against a 6th sense.