Year 7, VIC Subjects

Subjects: In this year you will learn...

Science

Unit 1: History of science

Unit 2: Heat, light and sound

Unit 3: Electricity

Unit 4: Forces

Unit 5: Solids, liquids and gases

Unit 6: Mixtures

Unit 7: Elements, compounds and reactions

Unit 8: Life around us

Unit 9: Planet Earth

Unit 10: The solar system

Unit 11: Ecology

History

Unit 1: Investigating history

Unit 2: Ancient Egypt

Unit 3: Ancient Greece

Unit 4: Ancient Rome

Unit 5: Ancient Britain

Unit 6: Ancient China

Unit 7: The Vikings

Unit 8: Ancient Sumer

Unit 9: Medieval and early modern Europe

Unit 10: Medieval and early modern Japan

Unit 11: Medieval and early modern Islamic world

Unit 12: Colonisation and conflict - Australia

Unit 13: Famous Australians

Unit 14: From Anzac Cove to Anzac Day

Unit 15: Renaissance and Reformation

Unit 16: Origins of the Olympics

Unit 17: The Industrial Revolution

Maths

Unit 1: Whole number

Unit 2: Directed numbers

Unit 3: Fractions

Unit 4: Decimals

Unit 5: Percentages

Unit 6: Ratios and rates

Unit 7: Probability

Unit 8: Algebra

Unit 9: Further algebra

Unit 10: Equations, formulae and inequalities

Unit 11: Statistics

Unit 12: Volume and surface area

Unit 13: Pythagoras` theorem

Unit 14: Area and perimeter

Unit 15: Time

Unit 16: Solids, angles & shapes

Geography

Unit 1: Investigating the World

Unit 2: Global environments part A

Unit 3: Global environments part B

Unit 4: Global change

Unit 5: Geographical issues and global citizenship - physical elements

Unit 6: Geographical issues and global citizenship - human elements

Unit 7: Geography skills

Unit 8: The Great Barrier Reef

Unit 9: Extinct and endangered species

Unit 10: Dinosaurs

Unit 11: Reduce, re-use or recycle

Unit 12: Disasters

Economics

Unit 1: The Australian legal system

Unit 2: The Australian economy

Unit 3: The future of work

English Skills

Unit 1: How to use English at Skwirk

Unit 2: What is English?

Unit 3: Skills by mode: reading and writing

Unit 4: Skills by mode: speaking and listening

Unit 5: Skills by mode: viewing and representing

Unit 6: Skills by text form

Unit 7: Skills by text type: film

Unit 8: Skills by text type: drama

Unit 9: Skills by text type: Shakespearean drama

Unit 10: Skills by text type: poetry

Unit 11: Skills by text type: picture books

Unit 12: Skills by text type: websites

Unit 13: Practice exams

English Texts

Unit 1: Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet

Unit 2: Shakespeare: Julius Caesar

Unit 3: Novel: Hitler`s Daughter, Jackie French

Unit 4: Film: Shrek, Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson

Unit 5: Picture book: Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak

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