Physics ATAR
Physics ATAR
Course Code - AEPHY
Estimated Cost: $50.00
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Course Outline
This course encourages students to explore how energy transformations can shape the environment from the small scale, in quantum leaps inside an atom’s electron cloud, the human scale, in vehicles and the human body, to the large scale, in the interactions between galaxies.
Students have opportunities to develop their investigative skills and use analytical thinking to explain and predict physical phenomena.
Students plan and conduct investigations to answer a range of questions, collect and interpret data and observations, and communicate their findings in an appropriate format. Problem-solving and using evidence to make and justify conclusions are transferable skills that are developed in this course.
This course comprises of two units:
Unit 1 – Thermal, Nuclear and Electrical Physics
Students investigate energy production by considering heating processes, radioactivity and nuclear reactions, and investigate energy transfer and transformation in electrical circuits.
Unit 2 – Linear Motion and Waves
Students describe, explain and predict linear motion, and investigate the application of wave models to sound phenomena.
Minimum Entrance Requirements
A Grade in Year 10 Science – Physical and/or Chemical Science sub-strands.
A/B Grade in Year 10 Mathematics.
Further Study
Year 12 Physics ATAR
Course Code ATPHY