Welcome
Welcome to the Secondary Science Hub page. You will find everything related to Secondary Science from this page. There is an introductory email at this link.
Term 4 workbooks for 7-10 Science
Year 7 Science — Term 4 Workbook on Earth and Space; ANSWERS; CORRECTIONS; QUESTIONS
Year 8 Science — Term 4 Workbook on Earth and Space; ANSWERS; CORRECTIONS; QUESTIONS
Year 9 Science — Term 4 Workbook on Earth and Space; ANSWERS; CORRECTIONS; QUESTIONS; EXTRA RESOURCES
Year 10 Science — Term 4 Workbook on Earth and Space; ANSWERS; CORRECTIONS; QUESTIONS; EXTRA RESOURCES; END OF UNIT TEST
Contact your Area Teacher for help if you cannot access these.
Term 4 Learning Support:
Each week:
- Your teachers prepare an "Introduction to the week" video which can be found through the links in the workbook or you can use the links in the table below.
- Students will be able to participate in an on-line tutorial on Whiteboard at the times listed in the table below.
- A link to the Moodle page from which Whiteboard can be accessed is also included in the table below.
- Recordings of the completed live on-line lessons will be uploaded on Tuesday afternoons to the Moodle page at the same location where the lesson link was.
Getting Help
Please talk with your Area Teacher about engaging in the secondary science workbooks.
If you have questions or feedback related to our workbooks, you can contact the following:
Learning Materials and Supports
7-10 Science
We are currently writing Science units for students at a Year 7-9 level from 2021 onwards. These units are designed to meet the requirements of the Australian Curriculum. As such, they cover four branches of Science: Biological Sciences, Physical Science, Chemical Science, Earth and Space Science. The units are also designed to educate students on the application and historical development of Science: what the curriculum calls Science as a Human Endeavour. Additionally, the units aim to equip students with the necessary Science Inquiry skills. They contain a number of practical experiments that can be done at home using readily available items.
There will be four modules each year: one per term, each one focussing on one of the four scientific disciplines: Biology in Term 1, Physics in term 2, Chemistry in Term 3, and Earth Science in Term 4.
The modules are presented in the form of a booklet in .pdf format. These can be printed out and followed sequentially. They contain all instructions needed to follow the course and have spaces for students to write their answers to the exercises included in the booklets. You will find step-by-step instructions for experiments including equipment lists and guidance for students to process and analyse experimental results.
We provide a range of science investigation activities through our learning materials.
Key links to science investigation templates and research sites are below. [to be added]
Science Fair and Competitions
FCSDE Science & Technology Fairs 
Each year we host a Science and Technology Fair as part of our Term 3 Workshops. This provides students with the opportunity to be supported and engaged in researching a question and understand how to do this in a scientifically valid way. The Science Fairs provide a safe and supportive context to inspire others and share their ideas. They are also an invaluable opportunity for students to learn to communicate to a receptive audience using written, spoken and multimodal texts. An email comes out in Term 2 about this. You can also contact your Area Teacher about getting started on this at any time.
Hermitage Science Competition: 2023 Info/flyer at This Link
The DAFF Hermitage Science Competition is run in the first half of each year. It provides structure
science investigation activities and links these to art and other research activities that helpstudents to see science affects how we eat, drink and live. Start-up equipment is mailed out to participants and there is an awards day run in about August of each year. We have had a number of students receive awards in this competition over the years. It is worth getting on to this at the start of the year as some experiments work best when there is summer heat to enable plant growth.
Other Science Competitions