{"id":178,"date":"2022-10-05T01:01:52","date_gmt":"2022-10-05T01:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/?page_id=178"},"modified":"2026-08-12T09:42:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T00:12:04","slug":"year-10-cutting-edge-science","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/?page_id=178","title":{"rendered":"Year 10 &#8211; Cutting Edge Science"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Length:<\/strong> Single Semester (Semester 1 or Semester 2)<br><strong>Contact: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/?page_id=500\">Science Leader<\/a><br><br><strong>Recommended Background<\/strong><br><br>B grade or higher in Year 9 Science and an interest in studying Science\/STEM.<br><br><strong>Course Description<\/strong><br><br>The course is designed for students who have a passion for Science and have the ability to investigate and problem solve complex problems. Students who study either the Semester 1 or Semester 2 course will focus on a mixture of the following:<br><br>\u2022 Cutting edge technologies in fields such sustainable agriculture, alternative energy and biotechnology.<br>\u2022 Project \/ problem-based learning enabling students to develop valuable skills such as project management, working as a member of a team and decision making.<br><br><strong>Assessment<\/strong><br><br>Assessment types include research tasks, practical reports, investigations, oral presentations. Assessment modes will include team challenges, in which students will use specified criteria developed by industry to complete STEM challenges.<br><br><strong>Leads To<\/strong><br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/?page_id=292\">Stage 1 Biology<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/?page_id=297\">Stage 1 Physics<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/?page_id=295\">Stage 1 Chemistry<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/?page_id=299\">Stage 1 Psychology<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Length: Single Semester (Semester 1 or Semester 2)Contact: Science Leader Recommended Background B grade or higher in Year 9 Science and an interest in studying Science\/STEM. Course Description The course is designed for students who have a passion for Science and have the ability to investigate and problem solve complex problems. Students who study either [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":42,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-178","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=178"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1750,"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/178\/revisions\/1750"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}