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Science · Year 10 road map

Western Australian Curriculum · 40 weeks · 11 chapters

🔒 Science lessons for Year 10 are not open yet. This page shows the plan for the year.

How we check learning

📝Quiz after every lesson
🔁Review quiz every week
🏁Test after every chapter
🏆Term and year tests

🔎 Science skills in every chapter

Test hypotheses, follow risk assessments, judge validity and reliability, and argue from evidence.

Term 1

Weeks 1–10
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WhenChapterWhat you learn
Weeks 1–3DNA and Cell DivisionBiological sciences
Weeks 4–6InheritanceBiological sciences
  • Dominant and recessive
  • Punnett squares
  • Pedigrees and sex-linked traits
Weeks 7–9EvolutionBiological sciences
  • Variation
  • Natural selection
  • Speciation and diversity
Week 10🏆 Term 1 test everything from this term

Term 2

Weeks 11–20
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WhenChapterWhat you learn
Weeks 11–13BondingChemical sciences
  • Electrons and bonds
  • Ionic bonding
  • Covalent bonding
Weeks 14–16Reaction PatternsChemical sciences
  • Precipitation
  • Acids with bases, metals and carbonates
  • Balancing equations
Weeks 17–19Reaction RatesChemical sciences
  • Temperature and concentration
  • Surface area
  • Graphing rates
Week 20🏆 Term 2 test everything from this term

Term 3

Weeks 21–30
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WhenChapterWhat you learn
Weeks 21–23MotionPhysical sciences
  • Distance, displacement and time
  • Speed, velocity and acceleration
  • Scalars, vectors and diagrams
Weeks 24–26Newton's LawsPhysical sciences
  • Inertia
  • Force, mass and acceleration
  • Action and reaction
Weeks 27–29Conservation of EnergyPhysical sciences
  • Inputs and outputs
  • Transfers and transformations
  • System efficiency
Week 30🏆 Term 3 test everything from this term

Term 4

Weeks 31–40
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WhenChapterWhat you learn
Weeks 31–35The UniverseEarth and space sciences
  • The Big Bang theory
  • Forming galaxies and planets
  • The life cycle of a star
  • Mass decides a star's path
  • Evidence from light
Weeks 36–39Space ExplorationEarth and space sciences
  • Telescopes and probes
  • What space has taught us
  • Space technology on Earth
  • Evaluating the benefits
Week 40🏆 Term 4 test everything from this term
Week 40🎓 Year 10 final test everything from this year

Colour key

Biological sciences (9 weeks)Chemical sciences (9 weeks)Physical sciences (9 weeks)Earth and space sciences (9 weeks)Test week (4 weeks)

Lessons marked ▶ are open now. Lessons marked 🔒 are locked. The rest are planned and will be added week by week.