Unit 2: Earth processes – energy transfers and transformations Earth and Environmental Science
Earth system processes require energy. In this unit, students explore how the transfer and transformation of energy from the sun and Earth’s interior enable and control processes within and between the geosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere. …
Unit 2 | Earth and Environmental Science | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
Units 1 and 2 Earth and Environmental Science Achievement Standard
For the Earth systems studied, the student: analyses how Earth systems and their components are inter-related across a range of spatial scales, and how they have changed over time analyses how cycling of matter and transfers and transformations of energy …
Units 1 and 2 | Achievement standards | Earth and Environmental Science | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
Structure of Earth and Environmental Science Earth and Environmental Science
Units In Earth and Environmental Science, students develop their understanding of the ways in which interactions between Earth systems influence Earth processes, environments and resources. There are four units: Unit 1: Introduction to Earth systems Unit …
Structure of Earth and Environmental Science | Earth and Environmental Science | 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
ACSES002
Design investigations including the procedure/s to be followed, the information required and the type and amount of primary and/or secondary data to be collected; conduct risk assessments; and consider research ethics
ACSES002 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1 | Earth and Environmental Science | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSES031
Design investigations including the procedure/s to be followed, the information required and the type and amount of primary and/or secondary data to be collected; conduct risk assessments; and consider research ethics
ACSES031 | Content Descriptions | Unit 2 | Earth and Environmental Science | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSES058
Design investigations including the procedure/s to be followed, the information required and the type and amount of primary and/or secondary data to be collected; conduct risk assessments; and consider research ethics
ACSES058 | Content Descriptions | Unit 3 | Earth and Environmental Science | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSES074
The type, volume and location of mineral and energy resources influences the methods of extraction (for example, underground, open pit, onshore and offshore drilling and completion)
ACSES074 | Content Descriptions | Unit 3 | Earth and Environmental Science | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSES085
Design investigations including the procedure/s to be followed, the information required and the type and amount of primary and/or secondary data to be collected; conduct risk assessments; and consider research ethics
ACSES085 | Content Descriptions | Unit 4 | Earth and Environmental Science | Science | Senior secondary curriculum