Head of Life Sciences: Miss C. Roos

croos@edgemeadhigh.org.za

Our mission:

Be the most organized and exciting subject in the school!

We believe that we offer top quality teaching and learning and develop general knowledge of our students to high levels.

Discover:

Life Science is a challenging yet exciting field of study that leads to discovery of information about yourself and the world around you.

The curriculum covers a variety of topics that are laid down by the Education Department.

The strands (sections) that are covered are:

• Life processes in plants and animals – which deals with the structure and functioning of various systems.
• Environmental Studies – deals with issues such as pollution etc
• Life at the molecular, cellular and tissue level – looking at the smallest living components.
• Diversity, change and continuity – looks at the development of various life forms including evolution.

The Life Sciences Department recommends this subject to any student who has an interest in studying further in the Health Sciences or Environmental Sciences fields or has an interest is the environment and general structure and functioning of the human body.

The ability to question and discover information by extra reading and research is an asset as this subject requires project work that is often research-based & experimental in approach.

We encourage independent work with very little or no group work for School Based Assessment tasks and assignments in FET. Even though the Education Department has limited requirements for School Based Assessment tasks, we expect far more and most of this work is done and completed in class in a portfolio book.

Exams are usually 150 marks in 2½ hours and require rigorous preparation beforehand, so the ability to develop a study technique for fairly large amounts of content is recommended.

Past papers are available on the schools’ network for preparation and many class tests are written to help students grasp basic concepts and content.

Students must supply their own:

• 96 page portfolio book
• A4 plastic envelop for SBA work
• 288 page A4 hardcover book for notes