Description

• Examine the evolution of species including a focus on the evolution of humans – a fascinating area of biology

• Carry out an investigation into a small animal - how it is adapted to its environment and collect data to produce a report on your findings.

• Investigate the behaviour of plants and especially animals in their environment, including the study of predators, finding mates and why animals migrate across the planet

• The human body - using our knowledge of cells and biology to explain how the body functions under a range of conditions

Description

• Investigate further applications of Redox  in the form of Electrolytic cells

• Expand your knowledge of Atomic Structure and Bonding to include a more in depth appreciation of electron configuration based on quantum mechanics and a more detailed understanding of Shape and Polarity of molecules and Periodic Properties of the Elements

• Investigate a wider range of Organic compounds, their chemical properties and how to identify them by spectroscopic techniques

• Expand your understanding of Enthalpy Changes in reactions and the properties of equilibrium and study aqueous solutions in depth

• Carry out analytical chemistry techniques in the University of Otago Mellor Chemistry Laboratories

Description

A totally internally assessed Level 3 Science course which is a UE approved subject.

• Contribute to native forest restoration by propagating Kowhai

• Research the impact of humans on the environment including Global Warming, Ocean Acidification and the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

• Investigate the possibility of life being present in different parts of the Solar System, including the moons of Jupiter and Saturn

• Attend a fieldtrip researching the age of the Dunedin Volcanic Complex

Description

• This is your first opportunity to consider the ideas of Modern Physics by studying the work of Einstein and Bohr

• We focus our knowledge of mechanics by studying collisions, springs and gravity

• Contexts in electricity include AC circuits, capacitors and electromagnetism

• We investigate how waves are formed in musical instruments and how electromagnetic waves interact