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
Unit 2 Mathematical Methods
The algebra section of this unit focuses on exponentials and logarithms. Their graphs are examined and their applications in a wide range of settings are explored. Arithmetic and geometric sequences are introduced and their applications are studied. Rates …
Unit 2 | Mathematical Methods | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
ACMEM144
use technology to find the correlation coefficient (an indicator of the strength of linear association)
ACMEM144 | Content Descriptions | Unit 3 | Essential Mathematics | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
ACMEM161
find distances between two places on Earth using appropriate technology.
ACMEM161 | Content Descriptions | Unit 4 | Essential Mathematics | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
ACMEM174
use technology and a recurrence relation to model a reducing balance loan
ACMEM174 | Content Descriptions | Unit 4 | Essential Mathematics | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
ACMGM040
construct straight-line graphs both with and without the aid of technology
ACMGM040 | Content Descriptions | Unit 2 | General Mathematics | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
ACMGM044
solve a pair of simultaneous linear equations, using technology when appropriate
ACMGM044 | Content Descriptions | Unit 2 | General Mathematics | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
ACMMM043
solve equations involving trigonometric functions using technology, and algebraically in simple cases.
ACMMM043 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1 | Mathematical Methods | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
ACMMM067
solve equations involving exponential functions using technology, and algebraically in simple cases.
ACMMM067 | Content Descriptions | Unit 2 | Mathematical Methods | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
ACHAH133
the use of technology in ancient times to access resources and control the environment
ACHAH133 | Content Descriptions | Unit 2: Ancient Societies | Ancient History | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
Bridging Unit 4 English as an Additional Language or Dialect
Bridging Unit 4 is aimed at students who are in the late Developing phase of the EAL/D Foundation to Year 10 learning progression. It focuses on responding to and creating connected extended texts in personal, social, community and workplace contexts …
Bridging Unit 4 | English as an Additional Language or Dialect | English | Senior secondary curriculum
Unit 3 Specialist Mathematics
Unit 3 of Specialist Mathematics contains three topics: ‘Vectors in three dimensions’, ‘Complex numbers’ and ‘Functions and sketching graphs’. The study of vectors was introduced in Unit 1 with a focus on vectors in two-dimensional space. In this unit, …
Unit 3 | Specialist Mathematics | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
Structure of Essential English Essential English
Units Unit 1 focuses on students comprehending and responding to the ideas and information presented in texts drawn from a range of contexts. Students are taught a variety of strategies to assist comprehension. They read, view and listen to texts to connect, …
Structure of Essential English | Essential English | English | Senior secondary curriculum
Rationale Specialist Mathematics
Rationale Mathematics is the study of order, relation and pattern. From its origins in counting and measuring it has evolved in highly sophisticated and elegant ways to become the language now used to describe much of the modern world. Statistics is concerned …
Rationale | Specialist Mathematics | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
Unit 1 Specialist Mathematics
Unit 1 of Specialist Mathematics contains three topics – ‘Combinatorics’, ‘Vectors in the plane’ and ‘Geometry’ – that complement the content of Mathematical Methods. The proficiency strand, Reasoning, of the F–10 curriculum is continued explicitly in …
Unit 1 | Specialist Mathematics | Mathematics | 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
ACEEA115
understanding the purpose of the various forms of communication
ACEEA115 | Content Descriptions | Bridging Unit 1 | English as an Additional Language or Dialect | English | Senior secondary curriculum
Unit 2 Essential English
Unit 2 focuses on interpreting ideas and arguments in a range of texts and contexts. By analysing text structures and language features and identifying the ideas, arguments and values expressed, students make inferences about the purposes and the intended …
Unit 2 | Essential English | English | Senior secondary curriculum
ACMEM171
use technology to calculate the future value of a compound interest loan or investment and the total interest paid or earned
ACMEM171 | Content Descriptions | Unit 4 | Essential Mathematics | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
ACMEM172
use technology to compare, numerically and graphically, the growth of simple interest and compound interest loans and investments
ACMEM172 | Content Descriptions | Unit 4 | Essential Mathematics | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum