Hamilton Community College

“THE SCIENCE DEPARTMENT IS A LEADING DEPARTMENT. WORKING TOGETHER TO PROMOTE ACCESS TO LEARNING FOR ALL, IN A WAY THAT IS FUN, INTERACTIVE AND SUPPORTIVE TO THE INDIVIDUIAL”.

 Aims and Objectives

• To stimulate and maintain an interest in Science and to make the learning of Science as enjoyable as possible.
• To encourage students to take active responsibility for their own learning and to become lifelong learners.
• To be fully realise the potential of each student through the delivery of broad and balanced science course.
• To encourage students to understand the relevance of science in their everyday lives.
  

• The science faculty building contains eight modern science laboratories with two of them designated with an extra ten computers. Each laboratory contains a state of the art interactive whiteboard which teachers and students can use to raise standards in teaching and learning. The national curriculum requires that students should be given opportunities to apply and develop their ICT capacity through the use of ICT tools to support their learning. In science pupils are given a variety of opportunities to enhance their learning with the use of computers, data logging and using the interactive whiteboards.

• Science stimulates and excites candidates’ curiosity about phenomena and events in the world around them. It also satisfies this curiosity with knowledge. Because science links direct practical experience with ideas, it can engage learners at many levels. Scientific method is about developing and evaluating explanations through experimental evidence and modelling. This is a spur to critical and creative thought. At Hamilton through science, pupils understand how major scientific ideas contribute to technological change – impacting on industry, business and medicine and improving quality of life. Pupils recognise the cultural significance of science and trace its world-wide development. They learn to question and discuss science-based issues that may affect their own lives, the direction of society and the future of the world.

Faculty Staff