Years 6-10
A structured Years 6-10 Science pathway aligned with the NSW syllabus and designed to build scientific knowledge, investigation skills and confident explanation.
CamLoc's Science Program develops the knowledge and working-scientifically skills students need across secondary Science. The current confirmed 2026 sequence begins with Year 6 students entering Stage 4 through scientific investigation and forces, while the Stage 4 cohort extends into atomic structure, evidence-based models and the periodic table with a strong Year 8 emphasis.
Lessons connect core concepts with inquiry skills, written explanation and applied examples so students can think and communicate scientifically.
Students build broad science foundations across Years 6-10, with extra support for chemistry concepts that underpin senior pathways.
Term 3, 2026
This is the confirmed 2026 Term 3 sequence. Year 6 students begin Stage 4 through scientific investigation and forces, while the Stage 4 cohort studies atomic structure and the periodic table with a strong Year 8 emphasis. Lessons combine explicit teaching, practical work, data analysis, diagrams, homework and evidence-based explanation.
Beginning Stage 4
Students develop the skills needed to plan reliable investigations, then apply those skills to forces, magnetism and simple machines in real-world contexts.
Students ask investigable questions, plan fair and safe tests, collect qualitative and quantitative data, construct tables and graphs, evaluate reliability and communicate evidence-based conclusions.
Students compare contact and non-contact forces, use force diagrams, predict changes in motion and distinguish mass, weight and work through simple calculations.
Students investigate magnetic poles and fields, test how force changes with distance, construct electromagnets and connect magnetic effects to everyday technologies.
Students examine levers, pulleys and inclined planes, calculate mechanical advantage and apply force ideas to practical design problems.
Students can plan and evaluate an investigation, present and interpret evidence, use force diagrams and simple formulas, and explain how forces and simple machines operate in real contexts.
Year 7 cohort with a Year 8 emphasis
Students extend scientific vocabulary, abstract thinking and evidence-based reasoning through atomic models, classification of matter and periodic-table patterns.
Students identify protons, neutrons and electrons, compare their charge and relative mass, use Bohr-style models and explain why most of an atom is empty space.
Students trace major changes in atomic theory, interpret Rutherford's gold-foil evidence and explain why scientific models change when new evidence becomes available.
Students classify matter, compare material properties, examine the historical development of the periodic table and use its modern structure.
Students connect electron shells and valence electrons to position and behaviour, compare key element groups and use patterns to predict properties.
Students can explain atomic structure, describe how scientific models develop from evidence, use the periodic table to interpret and predict properties, and connect electron configuration to chemical behaviour.
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