Language table English as an Additional Language or Dialect
Key language skills for EAL/D The key language skills described below provide a focus for language instruction in any unit at students’ point of need and should be taught in context and if relevant. Students should be given the opportunity to develop …
Language table | English as an Additional Language or Dialect | English | Senior secondary curriculum
Unit 3: Heredity and continuity of life Biology
Heredity is an important biological principle as it explains why offspring (cells or organisms) resemble their parent cell or organism. Organisms require cellular division and differentiation for growth, development, repair and sexual reproduction. In …
Unit 3 | Biology | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
Unit 4: Maintaining the internal environment Biology
In order to survive, organisms must be able to maintain system structure and function in the face of changes in their external and internal environments. Changes in temperature and water availability, and the incidence and spread of infectious disease, …
Unit 4 | Biology | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
Unit 3: Equilibrium, acids and redox reactions Chemistry
The idea of reversibility of reaction is vital in a variety of chemical systems at different scales, ranging from the processes that release carbon dioxide into our atmosphere to the reactions of ions within individual cells in our bodies. Processes that …
Unit 3 | Chemistry | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
Unit 3: Living on Earth - extracting, using and managing Earth resources Earth and Environmental Science
Earth resources are required to sustain life and provide infrastructure for living (for example, food, shelter, medicines, transport, and communication), driving ongoing demand for biotic, mineral and energy resources. In this unit, students explore renewable …
Unit 3 | Earth and Environmental Science | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
Unit 4: The changing Earth - the cause and impact of Earth hazards Earth and Environmental Science
Earth hazards occur over a range of time scales and have significant impacts on Earth systems across a wide range of spatial scales. Investigation of naturally occurring and human-influenced Earth hazards enables prediction of their impacts, and the development …
Unit 4 | Earth and Environmental Science | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
Unit 3: Gravity and electromagnetism Physics
Field theories have enabled physicists to explain a vast array of natural phenomena and have contributed to the development of technologies that have changed the world, including electrical power generation and distribution systems, artificial satellites …
Unit 3 | Physics | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
Unit 4: Revolutions in modern physics Physics
The development of quantum theory and the theory of relativity fundamentally changed our understanding of how nature operates and led to the development of a wide range of new technologies, including technologies that revolutionised the storage, processing …
Unit 4 | Physics | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACEEN031
analysing changing responses to texts over time and in different cultural contexts.
ACEEN031 | Content Descriptions | Unit 2 | English | English | Senior secondary curriculum
ACEEA164
identifying and explaining common cultural references, idiomatic language and simple colloquialisms
ACEEA164 | Content Descriptions | Bridging Unit 3 | English as an Additional Language or Dialect | English | Senior secondary curriculum
ACELR037
how readers are influenced to respond to their own and others’ cultural experiences
ACELR037 | Content Descriptions | Unit 3 | Literature | English | Senior secondary curriculum
ACELR041
the relationship between significant historical and cultural events and figures, and their representations in literary texts
ACELR041 | Content Descriptions | Unit 3 | Literature | English | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSBL011
The use of scientific knowledge is influenced by social, economic, cultural and ethical considerations
ACSBL011 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1 | Biology | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSBL040
The use of scientific knowledge is influenced by social, economic, cultural and ethical considerations
ACSBL040 | Content Descriptions | Unit 2 | Biology | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSCH012
The use of scientific knowledge is influenced by social, economic, cultural and ethical considerations
ACSCH012 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1 | Chemistry | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSCH051
The use of scientific knowledge is influenced by social, economic, cultural and ethical considerations
ACSCH051 | Content Descriptions | Unit 2 | Chemistry | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSES011
The use of scientific knowledge is influenced by social, economic, cultural and ethical considerations
ACSES011 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1 | Earth and Environmental Science | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSES040
The use of scientific knowledge is influenced by social, economic, cultural and ethical considerations
ACSES040 | Content Descriptions | Unit 2 | Earth and Environmental Science | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSPH012
The use of scientific knowledge is influenced by social, economic, cultural and ethical considerations
ACSPH012 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1 | Physics | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSPH056
The use of scientific knowledge is influenced by social, economic, cultural and ethical considerations
ACSPH056 | Content Descriptions | Unit 2 | Physics | Science | Senior secondary curriculum