Provincial Examinations

Grade 10 Provincial Examination Specifications

Science 10

2009/10 Exam Specifications - Effective September 2009 through August 2010.


Changes and Revisions

  • Refer to the 2009/10 General Examination Information for important information regarding general changes to provincial examinations.

  • Revisions to Science 10
    - New Data Pages (PDF, 2.43MB) for 2009/10
    NOTE: ERRORS in Atomic numbers for Mendelevium (101) and Mercury (80) on Data page #4 have been corrected as of October 15, 2009
    - Data Pages 2 (PDF, 897KB), 3 (PDF, 978KB) and 10 (PDF, 3.14MB) in black and white for anyone wishing to add their own colours, as a learning experience.

Specifications

  • Beginning in January 2005, the Science 10 Provincial Examination became a mandated part of a student's graduation requirements. The provincial examination represents 20% of the student's final letter grade and the classroom mark represents 80%.

    The Table of Specifications (PDF, 38KB) shows teachers and students how the Science 10 curriculum will be tested on provincial examinations. The Table of Specifications provides percentage weightings for each of the curriculum organizers and the relative weighting of each cognitive level.

    It is expected that there will be a difference between school marks and provincial examination marks for individual students. Some students perform better on classroom tests and others on provincial examinations. School assessment measures performance on all curricular outcomes, whereas provincial examinations may only evaluate performance on a sample of these outcomes.

    Students will require the use of a calculator. Aside from an approved calculator, electronic devices are not permitted in the examination room.

  • Cognitive Levels provide a description of what each cognitive level means.

  • Curriculum Connections (PDF, 491KB)
  • A Vocabulary List (PDF, 38KB) provides some common science terms which may be used in context in the wording of questions on the Provincial Science 10 examinations.

Samples