2018 - Year 9 Assessment Book

IB MYP YEAR 9 – SCIENCES

SEMESTER STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

CONCEPTS

GLOBAL CONTEXT Fairness and Development

CONTENT

ASSESSMENT

The natural environment is a dynamic community of organisms that change over time in response to changes in

Unit 1: Relationships in Ecology :

Relationships

Research Assignment Criterion D 30.01.18 – 05.03.18

Balance

Ecosystems consist of communities of interdependent organisms and abiotic components of the environment; matter and energy flow through these systems

environmental conditions and the interaction of different species.

Interaction

Human development must be balanced fairly against the needs of all stakeholders in the environment.

Scientific Inquiry Part 1 - Project Criterion B and C 12.03.18 - 14.05.18

Application of relationships such as Ohm’s Law and electric circuit behaviour leads to an understanding of the development and function of technology.

Scientific and Technical Innovation

Relationships

Unit 2: Relationships between Energy Transfer and Electricity :

Energy

Semester One Examination Criterion A 28.05.18 – 01.06.18

Energy conservation in a system can be explained by describing energy transfers and transformations

Function

ONE

The exploration of the natural world and its laws using scientific principles and systems to gain an understanding of the dynamics and transformations that take place in living and non-living systems.

Scientific and Technical Innovation

Unit 3: Changes in Chemical Reactions :

Change

Models

Chemical reactions involve rearranging atoms to form new substances; during a chemical reaction mass is not created or destroyed

Consequences

Chemical reactions, including combustion and the reactions of acids, are important in both non-living and living systems and involve energy transfer

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