01 Nov 2013
The International Competitions and Assessments for Schools (ICAS) Science assessed students' skills in the key scientific areas of:
- Interpreting data, including observing, measuring and interpreting diagrams, tables and graphs
- Applying data, including inferring, predicting and concluding
- Higher order skills, including investigating, reasoning and problem solving
The papers covered content on:
- Earth and Beyond (incorporating the Earth Sciences and Astronomy).
- Energy and Change (incorporating Physics).
- Life and Living (incorporating Biology and Ecology).
- Natural and Processed Materials (incorporating Chemistry).
The following boys achieved a credit in their respective year groups:
Andrew Djamaan Tane Holtz Yinhao Xu Daniel Ko
Ben Mich Zain Khan Eddison Zhao Alex Zhu
Myron Zhuo Haseeb Arif Kartikay Chopra Jimmy Huynh
Cheng Ma Raunak Sitoula Muslim Zeiour Leon Zheng
Mohammed Mansour and Issa Chokr both received a distinction, coming in the top 10% and 4% respectively out of NSW and ACT students involved.
For further information see the ICAS website link About ICAS