What Your Child Will Learn with Alex

As an experienced Year 10 Science tutor, Alex strictly adheres to the official Australian Curriculum. Alex ensures your child masters all required areas and meets the achievement standards set by the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. Here's what Alex will cover throughout the year:

Biological Sciences

Alex will guide your child through understanding heredity and genetic diversity, explaining the role of meiosis and mitosis, and the function of chromosomes, DNA and genes. Alex will help your child explore the theory of evolution by natural selection and analyze the scientific evidence supporting this theory.

Earth and Space Sciences

Your child will learn about the big bang theory and how it models the origin and evolution of the universe. Alex will explore the supporting evidence for this theory with your child. They will also investigate models of energy flow between the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere to explain patterns of global climate change.

Physical Sciences

Alex will teach your child about Newton's laws of motion and help them quantitatively analyze the relationship between force, mass and acceleration of objects. These fundamental physics concepts build essential skills for understanding mechanical systems.

Chemical Sciences

Your child will examine how the structure and properties of atoms relate to the organization of the periodic table. Alex will help identify patterns in synthesis, decomposition and displacement reactions, and investigate factors affecting reaction rates.

Science as a Human Endeavour

Throughout Alex's sessions, Alex emphasizes how scientific knowledge is validated and refined, including the role of publication and peer review. Alex will investigate with your child how advances in technologies enable advances in science, and how science contributes to developments in technologies and engineering.

Scientific Inquiry Skills

Alex will develop your child's ability to formulate investigable questions, make reasoned predictions, and plan valid experiments. Your child will learn to select appropriate equipment, process data effectively, analyze trends, evaluate research validity, construct logical arguments, and communicate scientific ideas clearly.