BOS 40/09

The Science Stage 6 Revised Support Document 2007 is available with each of the Stage 6 Science syllabuses in the HSC syllabus section of the Board of Studies website. It has now been updated to be consistent with the 2010 changes to assessment components and weightings for the Science Stage 6 courses and minor amendments to the Science Stage 6 syllabuses and the Science Years 7-10 Syllabus.

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BOS 35/09

Please note the following minor amendments to content in the 2010 Physics Stage 6 Syllabus (Amended October 2002), pages 20 and 40.

A summary of the amendments and the amended 2010 Physics Stage 6 Syllabus are included on the HSC Syllabus section of the Board of Studies website.

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BOS 34/09

Please note the following minor amendments to content in the 2010 Chemistry Stage 6 Syllabus (Amended October 2002), pages 16, 21, 45, 51, 64, 75 and 88.

A summary of the amendments and the amended 2010 Chemistry Stage 6 Syllabus are included on the HSC Syllabus section of the Board of Studies website.

Effective: 2010 Preliminary and HSC courses.

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BOS 33/09

Please note the following minor amendments to content in the 2010 Biology Stage 6 Syllabus (Amended October 2002), pages 21, 25, 38, 58 and 68.

A summary of the amendments and the amended 2010 Biology Stage 6 Syllabus are included on the HSC Syllabus section of the Board of Studies website.

Effective: 2010 Preliminary and HSC courses.

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BOS 32/09

Please note the following minor amendments to content in the 2010 Earth and Environmental Science Stage 6 Syllabus Approved June 1999 (Amended October 2002), pages 20, 37 and 56.

A summary of the amendments and the amended 2010 Earth and Environmental Science Stage 6 Syllabus are included on the HSC Syllabus section of the Board of Studies website.

Effective: 2010 Preliminary and HSC courses.

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BOS 31/09

Please note the following minor amendments to content in the 2010 Senior Science Stage 6 Syllabus (Amended October 2002), pages 21, 41, 43, 52, 58 and 71.

A summary of the amendments and the amended 2010 Senior Science Stage 6 Syllabus are included on the HSC Syllabus section of the Board of Studies website.

Effective: 2010 Preliminary and HSC courses.

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BOS 27/09

The following minor amendments to the Science Years 7-10 Syllabus clarify the scope of additional content and the intent of the essential content related to outcomes 4.1, 5.1, 4.4, 5.4, 4.13, 5.13, 4.15 and 5.15.

The amended Science Years 7-10 Syllabus is now available on the Board of Studies website.

Effective: Commencement of 2010.

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gina.grant@bos.nsw.edu.au

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BOS 17/09

In developing the NSW Science curriculum, the Board of Studies undertook extensive consultation with experts in the field to ensure that content, including that relating to evolution, would be consistent with accepted scientific knowledge and understanding.

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A sample learning unit for a preliminary course module from each of Biology, Chemistry, Earth and Environmental Science, Physics and Senior Science is now available on the Board's website.

Together with the Stage 6 Support Document (2007) and Science Stage 6 Skills Module 8.1 and 9.1 Mapping Grids the sample learning units are designed to assist teachers in implementing the Science Stage 6 Syllabuses.

Teachers are invited to get involved in the K-6 Science and Technology syllabus revision, with consultation on the draft writing brief commencing in Term 2, 2008.

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