10SCIPLA - Core Science: Planet Earth and its History

This module may investigate the makeup of our planet, its history and evolution of the species on it. It will also look at how humans have impacted the environment and how fossils can help explain our past.

• Beginning Earth 
• Tectonic plates
• Volcano formations and eruptions
• Earthquakes
• Evidence - fossils and rocks
• Cultural theories of earth formation
• Dinosaurs
• Human evolution
• Genetics
• Extinction events
• Human impact on earth
• Conservation – how can we fix it?

Note: Students can select Planet Earth and its History OR Human and Environmental Sciences (not both) at Year 10.