Unit 1: Thermal, nuclear and electrical physics Physics
An understanding of heating processes, nuclear reactions and electricity is essential to appreciate how global energy needs are met. In this unit, students explore the ways physics is used to describe, explain and predict the energy transfers and transformations …
Unit 1 | Physics | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSES042
Scientific knowledge can enable scientists to offer valid explanations and make reliable predictions
ACSES042 | Content Descriptions | Unit 2 | Earth and Environmental Science | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSPH058
Scientific knowledge can enable scientists to offer valid explanations and make reliable predictions
ACSPH058 | Content Descriptions | Unit 2 | Physics | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSBL013
Scientific knowledge can enable scientists to offer valid explanations and make reliable predictions
ACSBL013 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1 | Biology | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSBL042
Scientific knowledge can enable scientists to offer reliable explanations and make reliable predictions
ACSBL042 | Content Descriptions | Unit 2 | Biology | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSCH014
Scientific knowledge can enable scientists to offer valid explanations and make reliable predictions
ACSCH014 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1 | Chemistry | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSCH053
Scientific knowledge can enable scientists to offer valid explanations and make reliable predictions
ACSCH053 | Content Descriptions | Unit 2 | Chemistry | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSES013
Scientific knowledge can enable scientists to offer valid explanations and make reliable predictions
ACSES013 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1 | Earth and Environmental Science | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSPH014
Scientific knowledge can enable scientists to offer valid explanations and make reliable predictions
ACSPH014 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1 | Physics | 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
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
ACSCH080
Select and use appropriate mathematical representations to solve problems and make predictions, including calculating cell potentials under standard conditions, using the mole concept to calculate moles, mass, volume and concentrations from volumetric …
ACSCH080 | Content Descriptions | Unit 3 | Chemistry | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSES006
Select, construct and use appropriate representations, including maps and cross sections to describe and analyse spatial relationships, and stratigraphy and isotopic half-life data to infer the age of rocks and fossils, to communicate conceptual understanding, …
ACSES006 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1 | Earth and Environmental Science | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSCH043
Represent data in meaningful and useful ways, including using appropriate graphic representations and correct units and symbols; organise and process data to identify trends, patterns and relationships; identify sources of random and systematic error; …
ACSCH043 | Content Descriptions | Unit 2 | Chemistry | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSES060
Represent data in meaningful and useful ways; organise and analyse data to identify trends, patterns and relationships; discuss the ways in which measurement error and instrumental accuracy and the nature of the procedure and sample size may influence …
ACSES060 | Content Descriptions | Unit 3 | Earth and Environmental Science | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSES087
Represent data in meaningful and useful ways; organise and analyse data to identify trends, patterns and relationships; discuss the ways in which measurement error and instrumental accuracy, the nature of the procedure and sample size may influence uncertainty …
ACSES087 | Content Descriptions | Unit 4 | Earth and Environmental Science | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSBL065
Interpret a range of scientific and media texts, and evaluate models, processes, claims and conclusions by considering the quality of available evidence, including interpreting confidence intervals in secondary data; and use reasoning to construct scientific …
ACSBL065 | Content Descriptions | Unit 3 | Biology | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSCH078
Interpret a range of scientific texts, and evaluate processes, claims and conclusions by considering the quality of available evidence, including confidence intervals in secondary data; and use reasoning to construct scientific arguments
ACSCH078 | Content Descriptions | Unit 3 | Chemistry | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSES061
Interpret a range of scientific and media texts and evaluate processes, claims and conclusions by considering the quality of available evidence, including interpreting confidence intervals in secondary data; use reasoning to construct scientific arguments …
ACSES061 | Content Descriptions | Unit 3 | Earth and Environmental Science | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSES088
Interpret a range of scientific and media texts and evaluate processes, claims and conclusions by considering the quality of available evidence, including interpreting confidence intervals in secondary data; use reasoning to construct scientific argu …
ACSES088 | Content Descriptions | Unit 4 | Earth and Environmental Science | Science | Senior secondary curriculum