Author: Johanson, Terry Lynn (Terry)

About the New Courses
Environmental Science 20
Do you enjoy taking action and doing things to help the world around you? Environmental Science might be the place for you.
This course will allow you to examine the role of environmental policies and ethics, investigate environmental science related careers, develop environmental action plans, and research local and global environmental issues from both a scientific and indigenous knowledge perspective.
Health Science 20
Do you want to learn about your own health to be able to make informed personal and career choices? Health Science might be the right course for you.
This course will challenge you to look at the health science field from traditional and scientific perspectives, and look at medical knowledge systems and ethics. You will study the normal and abnormal functioning of various body systems and the tools and techniques used to diagnose those systems, investigating the range of health science careers and post-secondary programs available in Saskatchewan.

Physical Science 20
Do you wonder about how chemistry and physics help industry, agriculture, and pure science research move forward? Physical Science will allow you to investigate scientific concepts in a hands-on, lab-based manner.
This course will allow you to investigate the foundations of chemistry, including the mole and quantitative analysis of molecules and chemical reactions, and the characteristics and properties of heat and light, and help you better understand the physical science related career paths.
Earth Science 30
An exciting new 30 Level Science is available next year Semester 2 ONLY in Saskatchewan Pilot Schools.
If you have wondered how the Earth came to be with its mineral and energy resources, and want to make a difference to the environment through understanding remediation of mine and other industry sites, this is a course to consider. Hands-on field experiences will enable you to understanding of the role of Geographic Information Systems and explore the significance of Earth Science and related careers.

Senior Science Curriculum Renewal

Prerequisites

Why is Curriculum Changing?
In order to meet the goals of education from K-12, all new curricula are founded on the three Broad Areas of Learning:
Lifelong Learners
Sense of Self, Community, and Place
Engaged Citizens
The renewed senior science curricula hope to achieve this by:
Interdisciplinary thinking to solve real-world issues.
Connecting scientific ideas to each other, to student lives, and to the world.
Emphasizing the science in all careers, and the careers in science.
Exploring and understanding western, traditional, and other knowledge systems to help gain a more holistic view of concepts and processes.

Post Secondary
What DO we know?
While the course content in Biology 30, Chemistry 30, and Physics 30 will change, the course titles and codes will not. This should result in very little change of prerequisites for post secondary courses.
SIAST and the Universities have been in conversation with the Ministry during the writing process and are very enthusiastic about the changes.
What do we NOT know?
We do not know what will happen to the few course prerequisites that recognize grade 11 science courses.
We do not know what courses and institutions will accept Earth Science 30 as a prerequisite.