G9 Science

Course Overview

• Course Overview

  
  

  Welcome to Form 2 Science

  Watch this course overview video to get started

  
  

  • Background: Online
  • Grading
  • Pedagogy
  • Course Materials

  This introductory course is for teachers to learn the content of Form 2 Science and how to teach that course to students.  The course focuses on physical properties of matter, chemical behavior of substances, and the maintenance & continuity of life.

  Prerequisite: None

  Grade Distribution:

  Module Exams	70%
  Final Exam	10%
  Labs	6%
  Mastery Exercises	6%
  Short Answer Assignments	6%
  Reflection Paper	2%

  
  

  
  

  PSI course pedagogy combines brief bits of direct instruction on a topic with formative assessments questions designed to help students construct deeper knowledge as they solve increasingly complicated problems together in groups. There are three major sets of problems to solve: 

  Formative assessment problems built into a SMART notebook presentation and linked to student polling devices accompanying classwork and homework problems labs and virtual activities. 
  

  In the online version of the course, students have the option to watch a video or read direct instruction slides, then answer formative assessment questions about a topic. 

  Once you've solved those problems you can move on to more practice by downloading the word documents with additional problems.
  

  All of the course materials needed to teach this course to students can be found here:

  https://njctl.org/materials/courses/eswatini-form-2-science/
  

  
  

  These materials include:

  • Unit Plans - outline the course topics, standards and corresponding activities 
    
  • SMART Notebook presentations with direct instruction and formative assessment questions linked to polling devices 
    
  • Classwork and homework documents with extra practice problems and answers 
    
  • Labs - guided or inquiry versions with embedded videos to show teachers how to set up the lab 
    
  • Quizzes - multiple versions to be given to students throughout each unit 
    
  • Multiple Choice Review Guides 
    
  • Unit Tests - multiple versions are provided