Living World
Cells as the unit of life, classification as an argument, and the relationships that hold an ecosystem together.
- Classification and dichotomous keys
- Cells and their organelles
- Unicellular and multicellular organisms
NSW Science Stage 4 (Year 7) substrands - Living World, Chemical World, Physical World, Earth and Space - expressed in Dux teaching language.
Dux tracks each dot point separately, so “I did Science Year 7” becomes a list of specific things you can already do and specific things you have never been asked. Open a module for all of its dot points, written out.
Cells as the unit of life, classification as an argument, and the relationships that hold an ecosystem together.
Pure substances and mixtures, the properties that separate them, and the first laboratory techniques.
Forces and their effects, the forms energy can take, and how simple machines trade force for distance.
Earth's structure, the water cycle, and the sky as an observable system with patterns that can be predicted.
A Science Year 7 paper is not one question type repeated. Each command word asks for a different shape of answer, and each is worth a different number of marks.
| Command word | Question type | Marks |
|---|---|---|
| calculate | Calculation | 2–4 |
| describe | Short answer | 2–3 |
| evaluate | Extended response | 4–6 |
| explain | Short answer | 3–4 |
| identify | Multiple choice | 1 |
| predict | Multiple choice | 1 |
Year 7 Assessment Task Shape — 50 marks, 75 minutes. Practice papers in Dux are assembled to this shape rather than invented, so the timing is training too.
Diagnostic first, then questions written in the shape this course uses. Written answers come back marked against the bands, not just scored.