Integrated MYP Science: Grades 9 & 10 — Biology, Chemistry & Physics
A rigorous, IB MYP-aligned science course for Grades 9–10 that weaves Biology, Chemistry, and Physics into a unified, inquiry-driven curriculum — complete with ATL skills, Global Contexts, and authentic assessments in every unit.
Perfect for: IB MYP teachers (Grades 9–10 Science), curriculum coordinators designing or auditing MYP science programmes, international school educators, and motivated Grade 9–10 students enrolled in or preparing for MYP Science.
Science That Connects Everything
Most secondary science courses treat Biology, Chemistry, and Physics as separate worlds. This course doesn't. Built from the ground up to meet the IB Middle Years Programme (MYP) framework, this integrated Grades 9–10 course shows students — and teaches teachers how to show students — that cells obey chemistry, chemistry obeys physics, and all three disciplines speak the same language of evidence and inquiry.
Every unit is structured around an MYP Key Concept, Related Concepts, and a Global Context, giving learners a genuine "why does this matter?" anchor before they ever pick up a beaker or open a data table. Topics span the three pillars of secondary science: Biology (cells, genetics, evolution), Chemistry (atomic structure, chemical bonding, reaction rates), and Physics (kinematics, forces, electricity, waves) — sequenced so that each discipline reinforces the others.
Designed for Real MYP Classrooms
Whether you are a classroom teacher building your unit planners from scratch, a curriculum coordinator aligning an existing programme, or a student looking for a structured self-study companion, every lesson here is practical. You will find Approaches to Learning (ATL) skill activities, formative and summative task designs, differentiation strategies, and interdisciplinary connections explicitly called out — not as afterthoughts, but as load-bearing parts of every lesson.
What Makes This Course Different
- Explicit MYP alignment: Key Concepts, Related Concepts, Global Contexts, ATL clusters, and all four MYP Science criteria (A–D) are mapped in every module.
- Inquiry first: Each unit opens with a provocative Statement of Inquiry and a rich set of inquiry questions (factual, conceptual, debatable).
- Cross-disciplinary bridges: Atomic bonding illuminates DNA structure; Newton's laws reappear inside circulatory-system fluid dynamics; wave behaviour connects to gene expression and electromagnetic radiation.
- Assessment-ready: Summative tasks are modelled on real MYP criterion-referenced rubrics, so teachers can adapt them directly and students know exactly what "exceeding" looks like.
What you'll be able to do
- Design complete MYP Science unit planners for Grades 9–10 that explicitly map Key Concepts, Related Concepts, Global Contexts, and ATL skills for Biology, Chemistry, and Physics topics.
- Teach or learn the core content of MYP Biology (cells, genetics, evolution), Chemistry (atomic structure, bonding, reaction rates), and Physics (kinematics, forces, electricity, waves) with conceptual depth.
- Construct inquiry-based lesson sequences using factual, conceptual, and debatable questions anchored to a Statement of Inquiry.
- Design and evaluate criterion-referenced summative assessments aligned to all four MYP Science criteria (A: Knowing & Understanding, B: Inquiring & Designing, C: Processing & Evaluating, D: Reflecting on the Impacts of Science).
- Identify and explicitly teach Approaches to Learning (ATL) skills — including critical thinking, communication, information literacy, and collaboration — within science lessons.
- Create authentic interdisciplinary connections that bridge biological, chemical, and physical concepts within and across units.
- Differentiate instruction and assessment tasks to meet the needs of diverse MYP learners, including extension challenges and scaffolded supports.
- Reflect on personal and professional practice using the IB learner profile attributes as a framework for ongoing improvement.
Curriculum
8 modules · 21 lessons
Your teacher
Geoffrey Mitchell
Hi, I'm genuinely glad you're here — because this course is the one I wish had existed when I first walked into an MYP science classroom and tried to figure out how to make cells, electrons, and Newton's laws feel like parts of the same story. I've spent over 25 years designing and refining integrated science programmes in international schools, aligning curriculum to the MYP framework, and coaching teachers through the sometimes bewildering process of writing unit planners that are both academically rigorous and actually usable on a Monday morning. What I've learned is that the best MYP science teaching isn't about covering content — it's about building a coherent conceptual architecture that students can hang real understanding on. In this course, I'll walk you through every unit with that architecture in plain sight: here's the Key Concept, here's why it connects to both the genetics lesson and the atomic-structure lesson, here's a summative task that genuinely assesses Criterion D without feeling forced. My goal is that by the end, you'll feel confident not just delivering this curriculum but adapting and extending it to fit your own students and context. Let's get started.
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