Board Developed Course

Link to NESA Stage 6 Subject Syllabus

Prerequisites:

● Satisfactory completion of Stage 5 Science

● School report achievements of mostly A grades for Science.

● Year 10 Mathematics Course 3.

● It is highly recommended that in Year 11/12 you are doing Advanced Mathematics or higher.

This course is focused towards entry to University Physics.

Exclusions: Nil

Cost: Excursion and fieldtrip expenses

Course Description:

The Year 11 course develops student’s knowledge, understanding and skills relevant to the study of motion, how we describe it and what causes it. The course also examines energy in its different forms and how we describe and measure electricity and magnetism and their interrelated effects. The Year 12 course provides avenues for students to apply the concepts they were introduced to in Year 11 to motion in two dimensions, electromagnetism, theories of light, the atom and the Universe.

The course provides the foundation knowledge and skills required to study physics after completing school.

Main Topics Covered:

The Year 11 course consists of four modules.

Kinematics, Dynamics, Waves and Thermodynamics and Electricity and Magnetism.

The Year 12 course consists of four modules.

Advanced Mechanics, Electromagnetism, The Nature of Light and From the Universe to the atom.

Particular Course Requirements:

Students are provided with 15 hours of course time for Depth Studies in both Year 11 and Year 12. During this time students may undertake an investigation/activity that allows for the further development of one or more scientific concepts.

A Depth Study may be one investigation/activity or a series of investigations/activities. Depth Studies may be included in one module or across several modules.

Practical investigations are an essential part of the Year 11 and Year 12 courses and must occupy a minimum of 35 hours of course time each year.

External Assessment:

Year 11 and Year 12 school-based assessment requirements.

Year 11 and Year 12 mandatory components and weightings.

External assessment requirements including HSC

examination specifications.

Employment / University Opportunities:

Engineering, astronomer, air traffic controller, medical physics, acoustics, teacher, radiographer, doctor, nuclear science