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Science · Year 9 road map

Western Australian Curriculum · 40 weeks · 10 chapters

🔒 Science lessons for Year 9 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 1–3Adaptations and ResponsesBiological sciences
Weeks 4–6PopulationsBiological sciences
  • Abiotic and biotic factors
  • Sampling techniques
  • Monitoring ecosystem health
Weeks 7–9SoundPhysical sciences
  • Longitudinal waves
  • Speed in solids, liquids and gases
  • Reflection and echoes
Week 10🏆 Term 1 test everything from this term

Term 2

Weeks 11–20
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WhenChapterWhat you learn
Weeks 11–13Inside the AtomChemical sciences
  • Atomic and mass numbers
  • Isotopes
  • Counting particles
Weeks 14–16The Periodic TableChemical sciences
  • Electron arrangement
  • Groups and periods
  • Similar properties
Weeks 17–19CompoundsChemical sciences
  • Ionic compounds
  • Covalent substances
  • Formulae and models
Week 20🏆 Term 2 test everything from this term

Term 3

Weeks 21–30
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WhenChapterWhat you learn
Weeks 21–23Chemical ReactionsChemical sciences
  • Rearranging atoms
  • Word equations
  • Balanced equations and conservation of mass
Weeks 24–29LightPhysical sciences
  • Electromagnetic waves
  • Photons
  • Plane mirrors
  • Curved mirrors
  • Concave and convex lenses
  • Investigating images
Week 30🏆 Term 3 test everything from this term

Term 4

Weeks 31–40
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WhenChapterWhat you learn
Weeks 31–34Global SystemsEarth and space sciences
  • The four spheres
  • The water cycle
  • The carbon cycle
  • How the systems interact
Weeks 35–39Climate ChangeEarth and space sciences
  • Reading climate data
  • Patterns of global change
  • Explaining the causes
  • Responses and solutions
  • Evaluating claims
Week 40🏆 Term 4 test everything from this term
Week 40🎓 Year 9 final test everything from this year

Colour key

Biological sciences (6 weeks)Physical sciences (9 weeks)Chemical sciences (12 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.