Number of Units: 2
Exclusions: You can only study six units of Science in Year 11
Method of Delivery: St Luke’s
External Assessment: HSC Examination
Contribution to ATAR: Yes
Course Description
The Year 11 course develops students’ 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 introduced in Year 11 and to motion in two dimensions, electromagnetism, the nature of light, and the atomic properties of matter
Why study this course
Study this course if you want to find out how objects move and how we use that knowledge to our advantage, how important light and its interactions with the world around us are, the basics for electronics, the application of electromagnetism and the fundamentals of quantum physics. A strong understanding and application of mathematics are essential for success in Physics as it requires students to use algebra and mathematical concepts to solve problems.
Topics
Preliminary Course
Module 1 Kinematics
Module 2 Dynamics
Module 3 Waves and Thermodynamics
Module 4 Electricity and Magnetism
HSC Course
Module 5 Advanced Mechanics
Module 6 Electromagnetism
Module 7 The Nature of Light
Module 8 From the Universe to the Atom
Post School Options
There are numerous post-school options for Physics including aviation, aeronautical design, astronomy, engineering, electronics, innovation, robotics, communication systems, automated vehicles, sports analytics. That’s just to name a few. There will even be other post-school options that currently do not exist but will when you graduate.