Eight pathways through Year 9–10 science and technology — each with a big question worth investigating.
Browse all guided studies →Design and monitor healthier ecosystems
Living systems respond when one variable shifts. Learn to read those shifts with evidence.
Big question
How can communities design and monitor healthier ecosystems?
Convert stored energy into useful movement
Every launch, roll, and flight loses energy somewhere. Find where — then redesign.
Big question
How can stored energy be converted to useful movement — and how do we redesign systems using evidence?
Design systems that collect trustworthy data
A robot that measures nothing is just a toy. A robot that measures something is a scientist.
Big question
How do we design, program, and deploy intelligent systems that collect trustworthy data?
Atoms, reactions, and the materials around us
Invisible particles explain visible changes — from fizzing reactions to climate data.
Big question
How do atoms, molecules, and chemical reactions explain the materials and processes around us?
From genes to systems that keep us healthy
Your body is a network of feedback loops — genes, transport, immunity, and nerves all respond to change.
Big question
How do biological systems — from genes to ecosystems — maintain health and respond to change?
Select materials, fabricate, and communicate
Evidence stuck in a spreadsheet changes nothing — fabrication and design make science visible.
Big question
How do designers select materials, fabricate outcomes, and communicate their thinking?
Earth's systems and the scale of the universe
From local awa to distant galaxies — big questions need models, data, and humility about limits.
Big question
How do Earth's systems interact — and what does the universe tell us about where we come from?
Build and critique digital systems and data
Every chart and every screen is a design choice — code and interfaces shape what counts as evidence.
Big question
How do we design, build, and critically evaluate digital systems and the data they produce?
