Science And Technology
Science is an important part of the curriculum at Al Amanah College.
Science at Al Amanah College is guided by the Australian Science Curriculum with its emphasis on inquiry based teaching and learning. The students’ scientific literacy is developed using a variety of resources including Primary Connections.
Primary Connections focuses on developing student’s knowledge, skills, understanding and capacities in both science and literacy through working cooperatively in teams through a process of engage, explore, explain, elaborate and evaluate.
Students take part in a large variety of competitions and challenges designed to take their science skills to the next level.
At Al Amanah College our science lessons develop student’s skills of working scientifically as they undertake investigations and communicate their understanding and scientific findings.
Through these interactive activities students are engaged in their learning, encouraged to explore, given the opportunity to explain their findings while evaluating and assessing science activities.
Our science curriculum provides our students the opportunity to identify and investigate questions while making evidence based conclusions. Within these lessons, our students learn to investigate in a fun and interactive environment.
At Al Amanah College, Science and Technology are taught using a dynamic and explicit instructional approach that promotes inquiry and investigation. Students are encouraged to explore their world through practical experiences that foster critical and creative thinking. The program is designed to spark curiosity, enhance understanding of cause-and-effect relationships, and develop students’ abilities to interpret data and construct scientific arguments.
The new syllabus is presented through the subject areas of Science and Technologies.There are 4 science focus areas and 4 technologies focus areas for each stage of learning.
Science
Through the science focus areasstudents develop skills to question, test, and refine ideas and concepts about the natural world. There are opportunities within science to use digital and design technologies content.
Technology
Students also have opportunities to develop technological skills. Using digitaltechnologies and design principles, students produce innovative and creative solutions to suit a user’s needs. The technologies focus areas frame learning about design processes to design and create solutions.