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IB MYP – YEAR 8 SCIENCES
SEMESTER
STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
CONCEPT
GLOBAL CONTEXT CONTENT
ASSESSMENT
ONE
Models use scientific principles to represent
the structure and function of systems.
Systems:
Models
Scientific and Technical
Innovation
Unit 1: Systems are needed with working with Scientific
Data
The Scientific Method
Semester 1
Semester
Investigation
(Criterion B and C)
13.02.17, 20.02.17
Semester 1
Research
Assignment
(Criterion D)
23.02.17, 19.04.17
Semester 1
Examination
(Criterion A)
18.05.17, 24.05.17
Understanding the consequences of lifestyle
choices (such as a balanced diet) and how
these affect the function of the human
body’s systems to sustain life.
Systems:
Consequences
Balance
Function
Identities and
Relationships
Unit 2: Systems of the Human Body
Cells are the basic units of living things; they have
specialised structures and functions
Multi-cellular organisms contain systems of organs
carrying out specialised functions that enable them to
survive and reproduce
To explore the conversion and
transformation from one physical state to
another in the natural world using the
Kinetic Particle Theory as a model to
explain and predict this scientific process
which may not be observable.
Change:
Form
Models
Scientific and Technical
Innovation
Unit 3: Patterns in Substances
Differences between elements, compounds and mixtures
can be described at a particle level
TWO
From earth to the final product – scientific
and technical advances enable societies to
use, control and transform the natural
resources of the planet.
Change:
Environment
Consequences
Globalisation and
Sustainability
Scientific and Technical
Innovation
Unit 4: Global Interactions between Natural Resources
and Human Impact
Sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks contain
minerals and are formed by processes that occur within
Earth over a variety of timescales
Semester 2
Research
Assignment
(Criterion D)
06.06.17, 01.08.17
Semester 2
Semester
Investigation
(Criterion B and C)
07.08.17, 18.08.17
Semester 2
Examination
(Criterion A)
02.11.17, 08.11.17
Note:
Students will
also be enrolled to sit
ICAS Sciences.
Students will understand the interaction
between environment, energy and change of
energy states through an inquiry,
investigation and examination of
globalisation of energy needs and sources as
well as sustainability of energy.
Systems:
Models
Scientific and Technical
Innovation
Unit 5: Change of State and Sustainability of Energy
Resources
Energy appears in different forms, including movement
(kinetic energy), heat and potential energy, and energy
transformations and transfers cause change within
systems
Knowledge-challenging discoveries evolve
the periodic table’s form to enhance its
function of showing trends in the physical
and chemical properties of the elements.
Relationships:
Model
Form
Globalisation and
Sustainability
Unit 6: Models of Physical and Chemical Change
Scientific knowledge has changed peoples’
understanding of the world and is refined as new
evidence becomes available
Chemical change involves substances reacting to form
new substances
Understanding that the reproduction of a
species can occur through the natural
interaction of organisms and their highly
specialised systems, or through scientific
and technical innovation that is founded
upon knowledge of the patterns and
function of natural systems.
Systems:
Patterns
Function
Interaction
Scientific and Technical
Innovation
Unit 7: Systems and Functions of the Reproductive
System
Cells are the basic units of living things; they have
specialised structures and functions
Multi-cellular organisms contain systems of organs
carrying out specialised functions that enable them to
survive and reproduce.