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Physics

2009 was the first year of implementation. The first WACE examinations for Physics were conducted in 2010.

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Course 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.
 

Syllabus

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Assessment and Other Support Materials

Examination Materials

(838 Kb) Stage 2 Formulae and Data 2012 Updated 09/12/11 as per eCircular 7 2011
(622 Kb) Stage 3 Formulae and Data 2012 Updated 09/12/11 as per eCircular 7 2011


 

Recent Publications

WACE Manual 2010-11

WACE Manual 2012

Last Updated:30/ 04/ 2012 10:27