1. Te Whakamatautau whakamutunga Yr 9 End of year test Content

2. Kaiputaiao/Being a Scientist Interpreting the rules for working safely in a lab Following the expectations for drawing labelled scientific diagrams How to set up equipment properly for heating water in the lab Operating the Bunsen burner correctly and applying scientific ideas to discuss its yellow and blue flames (E) Revision Booklet and Revision worksheets

3. Nga Pumotu O Papatuanuku/Elements Identifying elements, compounds and mixtures from diagrams, names and formulae Naming and giving the symbols of elements Identifying given elements as metals or non- metals Labelling the parts of an atom Determining the atomic number and name of an atom from a diagram showing its parts Discussing the similarities and differences between elements, compounds and mixtures(E)

4. Whakapapa/Essence of Life How scientists decide whether something is living or non-living: MRS GREN Naming the parts of a plant and animal cell Discussing the differences between plants and animal cells and the reasons for these differences =link to how they get their energy(E) Interpreting a food web and writing food chains Discussing how humans disturb food webs in nature and the consequences (E)

5. Tatai Arorangi/Astronomy Definitions of key objects or events in astronomy Describing how eclipses occur (M) Explaining how and why days/years differ for different planets of the Solar system(M)

6. Te Hiringa/Energy Identifying different types of energy Discussing the differences between transfer and transformation of energy (E) Explaining how particle behave when substances are heated and how that effects the behaviour of solids.(E)