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Table 3 The learning areas and categories of the RBAAs for junior and senior secondary schools

From: Science teacher education in Macau: a critical review

Junior secondary schools

Senior secondary schools

Scientific inquiry

Understanding of scientific inquiry

Scientific inquiry

Abilities of scientific inquiry

Physical Sciences

Substances in everyday life

The history and the nature of science

Material properties and structures

Movement and interaction of substances

Energy and energy sources

Life science

The structure of organisms

Environment and resources

Vital activities of organisms

Human body and health

Ecology and evolution

The Earth and Space sciences

The Earth

Modern technology

Composition of the Universe