{"id":423,"date":"2025-07-03T13:14:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T17:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/nwss\/?page_id=423"},"modified":"2025-07-03T18:17:02","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T22:17:02","slug":"science","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/nwss\/departments\/science\/","title":{"rendered":"Science"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Science at NWSS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The science department at NWSS helps students build critical thinking, problem-solving, and academic skills for school and life beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our teachers bring deep knowledge and a love of teaching to the classroom. They work hard to make science engaging, hands-on, and accessible for all students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Courses<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Courses offered by our department are based on the province\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/curriculum.gov.bc.ca\/curriculum\/science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">science curriculum<\/a>. Examples of available courses (may differ from year to year) include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>GRADE 9<\/th><th>GRADE 10<\/th><th>GRADE 11<\/th><th>GRADE 12<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Science 9<\/td><td>Science 10<\/td><td>Chemistry 11<\/td><td>Anatomy and Physiology 12<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Sciences naturelles 9<br>(French Immersion)<\/td><td><\/td><td>Earth Sciences 11<\/td><td>Chemistry 12<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><td>Life Sciences 11<\/td><td>Environmental Sciences 12<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><td>Science for Citizens 11<\/td><td>Geology 12<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><td>Physics 11<\/td><td>Laboratory Technology 12<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td>Physics 12<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For detailed course information, requirements, availability, etc., refer to the <a href=\"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/nwss\/students\/course-selection\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/nwss\/students\/course-selection\/\">most current course description booklet.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Science at NWSS The science department at NWSS helps students build critical thinking, problem-solving, and academic skills for school and life beyond. Our teachers bring deep knowledge and a love of teaching to the classroom. They work hard to make science engaging, hands-on, and accessible for all students. Courses Courses offered by our department are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":208,"menu_order":9,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-423","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"featured_image_src":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/nwss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/nwss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/nwss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/nwss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/nwss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/nwss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":590,"href":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/nwss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/423\/revisions\/590"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/nwss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/nwss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}