Information about the Junior Science Examinations 2016
The examination is 1 ½ hours.
Year 9: There are 3 sections in the exam-Chemistry (30 mins), Physics/light
(20 mins) and Biology (40 mins)
Year 10: There are 3 sections in the exam-Biology (25 mins), Chemistry (30
mins) and Physics (35 mins)
The questions will be a mixture of types: short answer, longer answer where explanations
are required, labelling of diagrams, filling in gaps etc.
What to bring: blue or black pen, ruler and Year 10 need a calculator
Revise what you have learned in Science this year:
 Make or fill in a revision timetable and start early.
 Work through the Learning Outcomes sheets for each topic to find out what you
need to learn. Tick this off when you have revised each outcome.
 Learn the words and their meanings from the glossary/wordlist for each topic.
 Use the Blendspaces on Onstream for study skills ideas and for information about
each of the topics studied this year. These are on the Year 9 and 10 Science pages.
 Use the website called eChalk- the link is on the Year 9 and 10 Science Onstream
page.
 Use your exercise book and your Scipad to make study notes in the form of
-colourful mind maps to summarise the
information you have learned.
- study notes containing pictures, drawings,
numbered points, shapes with key points in them.
-fold-its, flash cards, highlighted notes etc.
 Memorise your study notes by saying them out
loud, reading them again, writing study notes out
again (several times).
 Test yourself on your study notes
Get someone to test you and/or rewrite your study notes
from memory.
 Complete the revision sheets and the ‘My Little Revision Books’ that
you will get in class over the next 2 weeks.
 Re-do any other revision sheets that you have done during the year.
 Ask your teacher for help if you don’t understand something.
Happy revising and remember to:
READ WRITE RECITE and CHUNK CHEW CHECK