Science

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​The Australian curriculum: science version 8.4 has three interrelated strands: science understanding, science as a human endeavour and science inquiry skills.

Together, the three strands of the science curriculum provide students with understanding, knowledge and skills through which they can develop a scientific view of the world. Students are challenged to explore science, its concepts, nature and uses through clearly described inquiry processes.

The science understanding strand comprises four sub-strands: biological sciences, chemical sciences, earth and space sciences, physical sciences.

The content in the science as a human endeavour strand is described in two-year bands. There are two sub-strands of science as a human endeavour. These are: nature and development of science and use and influence of science. 

The content in the science inquiry skills strand is described in two-year bands. There are five sub-strands of science inquiry skills. These are: questioning and predicting, planning and conducting, processing and analysing data and information, and evaluating.

Special features and programs​​

With strong and established links with Queensland University of Technology and the University of Queensland, the students at Earnshaw State College are afforded many pathways and opportunities that expose them to real world experiences. In 2023 the students are affiliated with the following programs:

• UQ Science Ambassadors Program
• UQ Women in Engineering
• QUT Engineering 
• QUT BioTechnology  Challenge
• Department of Agriculture and Fisheries: Hermitage Schools​