Representation of General capabilities
Literacy is important in students’ development of Science Inquiry Skills and their understanding of content presented through the Science Understanding and Science as a Human Endeavour strands. Students gather, interpret, synthesise and critically analyse …
Representation of General capabilities | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSCH028
Nanomaterials are substances that contain particles in the size range 1–100 nm and have specific properties relating to the size of these particles
ACSCH028 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1 | Chemistry | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
Unit 1: Introduction to Earth systems Earth and Environmental Science
The Earth system involves four interacting systems: the geosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere. A change in any one ‘sphere’ can impact others at a range of temporal and spatial scales. In this unit, students build on their existing knowledge …
Unit 1 | Earth and Environmental Science | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
Rationale/Aims Physics
Rationale Physics is a fundamental science that endeavours to explain all the natural phenomena that occur in the universe. Its power lies in the use of a comparatively small number of assumptions, models, laws and theories to explain a wide range of …
Rationale/Aims | Physics | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
Rationale/Aims Biology
Rationale Biology is the study of the fascinating diversity of life as it has evolved and as it interacts and functions. Investigation of biological systems and their interactions, from cellular processes to ecosystem dynamics, has led to biological knowledge …
Rationale/Aims | Biology | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
Rationale/Aims Earth and Environmental Science
Rationale Earth and Environmental Science is a multifaceted field of inquiry that focuses on interactions between the solid Earth, its water, its air and its living organisms, and on dynamic, interdependent relationships that have developed between these …
Rationale/Aims | Earth and Environmental Science | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSPH025
Energy transfers and transformations in mechanical systems (for example, internal and external combustion engines, electric motors) always result in some heat loss to the environment, so that the usable energy is reduced and the system cannot be 100 percent …
ACSPH025 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1 | Physics | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSPH144
Lepton number and baryon number are examples of quantities that are conserved in all reactions between particles; conservation laws can be used to support or invalidate proposed reactions
ACSPH144 | Content Descriptions | Unit 4 | Physics | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSPH023
A system with thermal energy has the capacity to do mechanical work (that is, to apply a force over a distance); when work is done, the internal energy of the system changes
ACSPH023 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1 | Physics | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSCH030
Ions are atoms or groups of atoms that are electrically charged due to an imbalance in the number of electrons and protons; ions are represented by formulae which include the number of constituent atoms and the charge of the ion (for example, O2–, SO …
ACSCH030 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1 | Chemistry | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSES054
The availability of energy and matter are one of the main determinants of ecosystem carrying capacity; that is, the number of organisms that can be supported in an ecosystem
ACSES054 | Content Descriptions | Unit 2 | Earth and Environmental Science | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSBL068
ICT and other technologies have dramatically increased the size, accuracy and geographic and temporal scope of data sets with which scientists work
ACSBL068 | Content Descriptions | Unit 3 | Biology | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSBL103
ICT and other technologies have dramatically increased the size, accuracy and geographic and temporal scope of data sets with which scientists work
ACSBL103 | Content Descriptions | Unit 4 | Biology | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSCH082
ICT and other technologies have dramatically increased the size, accuracy and geographic and temporal scope of data sets with which scientists work
ACSCH082 | Content Descriptions | Unit 3 | Chemistry | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSCH120
ICT and other technologies have dramatically increased the size, accuracy and geographic and temporal scope of data sets with which scientists work
ACSCH120 | Content Descriptions | Unit 4 | Chemistry | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSES064
ICT and other technologies have dramatically increased the size, accuracy and geographic and temporal scope of data sets with which scientists work
ACSES064 | Content Descriptions | Unit 3 | Earth and Environmental Science | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSES091
ICT and other technologies have dramatically increased the size, accuracy and geographic and temporal scope of data sets with which scientists work
ACSES091 | Content Descriptions | Unit 4 | Earth and Environmental Science | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSPH024
Because energy is conserved, the change in internal energy of a system is equal to the energy added or removed by heating plus the work done on or by the system
ACSPH024 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1 | Physics | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSPH086
ICT and other technologies have dramatically increased the size, accuracy and geographic and temporal scope of datasets with which scientists work
ACSPH086 | Content Descriptions | Unit 3 | Physics | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSPH122
ICT and other technologies have dramatically increased the size, accuracy and geographic and temporal scope of datasets with which scientists work
ACSPH122 | Content Descriptions | Unit 4 | Physics | Science | Senior secondary curriculum