Physics
Implementation
2009 is the first year of implementation. The first WACE examinations for Physics will be conducted in 2010.
Summary
In the Physics course, students investigate the natural and built world around them in a wide and interesting range of contexts. They discover how we exploit radioactivity in industrial testing and in the treatment of diseases, why we use different materials in heating and cooling systems, how we use electric and magnetic fields in machines, and how our understanding of light and sound waves helps us to communicate. Students will learn how energy and energy transformations can shape the environment from the small scale, in quantum leaps inside an atom’s electron cloud, through the human scale, in vehicles and the human body, to the large scale, in interactions between galaxies. Students have opportunities to develop their investigative skills and use analytical thinking to explain and predict physical phenomena.
Support materials
The materials on this public website include the course syllabus and the grade descriptor package. In addition, teachers can access sample teaching, assessment and examination materials on the Curriculum Council online learning and support extranet. ...Click here
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Guide to Grades  10/11/09
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Scope and sequence  11/12/09 |
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Stage 2 Formulae and constants sheets 03/09/09
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Stage 3 Formulae and constants sheets 03/09/09
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