Science Skills and Safety:
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Understanding scientific methods and working
in the laboratory.
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Identify and use basic laboratory equipment
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Draw scientific diagrams of apparatus
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Follow instructions in the laboratory
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Follow safety techniques when using equipment
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Measure temperature and volume
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Make observations using the five senses
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Make inferences based on observations
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Describe the scientific method
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Record a science experiment using standard
headings
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Collect, represent and interpret data in
tables and graphs
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Use scientific language
Pushes and Pulls:
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Understanding of what forces are and what
they can do
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Describe what forces are and what they can do
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Measure forces using a spring balance
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Carry out experiments with friction, gravity
and density
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Calculate the density of an object
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Explain the difference between mass and
weight
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Explain things in terms of the pull of
gravity
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Say what friction is and explain how it can
be helpful or a nuisance
Survival in the Environment:
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Understanding of how physical and behavioral
adaptations help animals survive
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List characteristics that help an organism
survive
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Define the terms habitat and adaptation
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Distinguish between an animal’s living and physical
environment
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List the physical conditions that affect
aquatic animals
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Classify adaptations as structural or
behavioral
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Make inferences from observations
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Research, carry out and write up a study of a
particular environment
Solid, Liquids & Gases:
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Understand the differences between solids,
liquids and gases
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Describe the three states of matter
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Recall the boiling point of water and the
melting point of ice
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Measure the temperature of melting ice
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Draw simple graphs
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Measure mass using a balance
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Calculate the density of materials
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Use a particle model
Responding:
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Understanding of how our body senses help us
respond to our environment
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Describe the various senses in our body
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Define the terms stimulus and respond and how
they relate
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Describe how nerves carry massages
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Explain how muscles move arms and legs
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Investigate the senses
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Investigate how fast our muscles react
Energy:
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Understand the different types of energy and
energy changes.
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Describe what energy is and where it comes from
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Indentify and describe the various forms of
energy
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Understand how sound is caused
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Explain the difference between stored energy
in action
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Explain everyday happenings in terms in
energy changes
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Understand that fossil fuels are a
non-renewable resource
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Conduct an experiment involving energy
changes
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Use different forms of energy to make an
object move
How Life Begins:
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Understand how new life is created in humans
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Describe the differences between animal and
plant cell
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Describe the sex cell of humans
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Describe the human reproductive organs
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Understand the changes that take place in
boy’s and girl’s bodies during puberty
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Observe the development of a baby during
pregnancy
Solving Problems in Science:
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Understand the scientific method
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Describe the scientific method
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Write up report of experiments
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Write hypothesis
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Design an experiment using the scientific
method
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Test a hypothesis by doing an experiment
Acids and Bases:
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Understand what are acids and bases
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Describe the properties of acids and bases
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Understand pH and its practical uses define neutralization
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Use and make indicators
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Use pH paper to check acidity
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Use acids and bases safely
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Apply knowledge of acids and bases to
everyday situations
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To be aware of the formation and effect of
acid rain
Interdisciplinary “Space” Studying the Universe:
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Understand our solar system and space
exploration.
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Know the order of the planets
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Describe key features of each planet
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Distinguish between comet, asteroids and
meteors
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Describe spiral, elliptical and irregular
galaxies
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Explain the significance of star color
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Identify major constellations
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Be aware of the impact of space exploration
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Make scale model of planets
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Design and make a space mobile or building
from recycled materials
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Plot positions of stars
Materials from the Earth:
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Understand natural resources, where they are
found and what they are used for.
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Name useful substances made from natural
materials eg glass and concrete
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Understand what natural resources are
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Find out whether or not natural resources are
renewable
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Present information on renewable resources
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Understand how fossil fuels, uranium and
water are used to provide energy
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Understand how materials and rocks are mined
and how they are used
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Map the locations of various mineral
resources around the world
Science & Technology:
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Understand how technology has been used to
solve problems
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Explain the difference between science and
technology
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Find out about some inventors and inventions
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Be aware of inventions
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Design a test to solve an everyday problem
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Carry out a science fair experiment
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Research to find relevant information
Keeping Healthy:
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Understand the digestive and circulatory
systems.
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Explain what part of the digestive system
work during digestion
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Use the model to explain how food passes from
the small intestine to the bloodstream
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Describe the importance of fiber in the diet
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Describe how the blood carries food and
oxygen to the body cells
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Understand the effect of exercise on pulse
and breathing rates
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Investigate the structure and care of teeth
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Describe the structure of the heart and how
to take care of it
Batteries and Bulbs:
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Understand batteries’ concept and circuits.
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Make simple circuits
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Draw circuit diagrams
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Know the difference between series and
parallel circuits
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Describe the properties of conductors and
insulators
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Understand about resistance and short
circuits
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Explain how electrical safety device works
(fuses and earths)
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Understand the rules for using electrical
safely
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Know the component of electrical plug
Atoms and molecules:
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Understand atoms, molecules, elements and
compounds
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Describe the practical theory to explain the
properties of solids, liquids and gases
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Explain that matter is made of atoms and
molecules
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Know name of some common molecules
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Understand the basic structure of the atom
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Describe elements and compounds
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Explain the difference between elements and
compounds in term of atoms and molecules
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Know the first twenty elements and their
symbol from the periodic table
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Know about some of the people who discovered
different elements
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Know the formula of some common compounds
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Write a simple word equation
Cycles in Nature:
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Understand food chains and webs
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Use food chains to show the link between
animals and plants
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Describe how bacteria and fungi recycle
substances
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Know the difference between scavengers and
decomposers
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Construct food webs
What are Things made of:
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Understand the concept of the periodic table
and the elements
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Atoms and Molecules
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Review particle theory, atoms, molecules,
elements and compounds
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Understand basic patterns of the periodic
table
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Learn the first 20 elements by symbol and
name
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Learn to write simple equation
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Know the basic structure of the atom,
protons, neutrons, electrons
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Look at where metals and other important
materials come from and what they are used for
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Know about alloy
Disease
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Understand how infections disease is caused
and transmitted
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Describe the microorganisms that cause
disease
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Know which organism cause common diseases
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Understand how our body fights disease
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Understand the history of disease and
vaccination
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Understand about how antibiotics are used to
fight disease
Global Consumer Science:
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Understand scientific testing of consumer
product and the impact of consumer
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Use the steps of scientific testing
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Understand the difference between objective
and subjective testing
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Calculate the waste from packaging
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Understand how long different substances take
to break down
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Research recycling
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Know about the argument surrounding genetically
modified foods
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Understand the impact of consumer products on
our environment
Science and the Road:
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Understand Newton’s First Law (Inertia), Friction,
Reaction Time, Acceleration.
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Understand the main reasons for car accidents
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Know about car safety features
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Be aware of road safety
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Calculate speed and acceleration
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Measure reaction time
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List the factors affecting stopping time
Interdisciplinary “The Body” Life Goes On:
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Understand human reproduction and inheritance
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Describe the structure and function of the
male and female reproductive system
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Recognize variation in human characteristics
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Describe the role of genes and chromosomes in
human inheritance
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Use family trees to determine the features of
family members
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Be able to calculate the chance of children
being born male or female using model
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Use grids to predict variation in offspring
characteristics
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Describe genetic engineering and social
implications
Light and Color:
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Understand how light and colour are produced
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Explain why things are coloured
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List the colours of spectrum
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Describe how long and short sightedness can
be corrected with lenses
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Find out how we see colours and why colour
blindness occurs
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Observe how light travels in straight lines
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Investigate how different colours are made
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Predict the colour produced when filters are
used
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Investigate how lenses bend light to form
images
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Observe how images from when light reflect
from when light reflect from mirror
Forensic Science:
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Understand how science is used in crime
detection
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Describe the job of a forensic scientist
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Understand how scientists collect and
interpret the physical evidence from a crime
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Investigate hypothetical crimes
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Examine fingerprints
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Use chromatography to examine ink samples
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Use indicator to detect the presence of
certain substances
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Examine evidence using a microscope
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Understand about ballistic and genetic
evidence
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Understand about the use of atomic absorption
spectrophotometers to examine traces of chemical
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Construct evidence table and detect patterns
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Write hypothetical forensic reports
Mathematics Ability:
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Fraction
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Statistics
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Simple Trigonometry
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Simple Geometry
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Logarithms
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Arithmetic and Geometric Array
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Quadratics Equation
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Power and square roots
Adapted from International
Baccalaureate (IB) Program.
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