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Force and motion

In this portfolio, the student shows understanding of the factors that impact on the motion of a model car and of the mechanical forces acting on it. They use knowledge of material properties to improve performance. Students describe Newton’s Second Law …

Force and motion | Portfolios | STEM | Resources

Elaboration (4) ACTDIP004

following a series of instructions to use a piece of hardware or software, for example taking a photograph, editing and storing it to include in a slow motion

Unit 2: Linear Motion and Waves Physics

In this unit, students develop an appreciation of how an understanding of motion and waves can be used to describe, explain and predict a wide range of phenomena. Students describe linear motion in terms of position and time data, and examine the relationships …

Unit 2 | Physics | Science | Senior secondary curriculum

School Projects: An Overview

School projects fell into one of two categories: pre-existing, well-tried projects with a defined outcome original projects, designed to appeal to the interests of students or to respond to a particular school or local context. Pre-existing projects …

School Projects: An Overview | STEM Report | STEM | Resources

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

References & Appendices

Australian Curriculum and Assessment Reporting Authority (ACARA) F–10 Curriculum. www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/mathematics/curriculum/f-10 (viewed November 2014) www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/science/curriculum/f-10 (viewed November 2014)www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/technologies/design-and-technologies/curriculum/f-10 (viewed …

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Report Findings: Qualitative Data

Participating schools were asked to report against the project aims as part of their evaluation. This section provides a summary of their responses and outlines additional benefits of the project.

Report Findings: Qualitative Data | STEM Report | STEM | Resources

Unit 2 Essential Mathematics

This unit provides students with the mathematical skills and understanding to solve problems related to representing and comparing data, percentages, rates and ratios, the mathematics of finance, and time and motion. Teachers are encouraged to apply the …

Unit 2 | Essential Mathematics | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum

ACMSM115

apply vector calculus to motion in a plane including projectile and circular motion.

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

ACMMM123

determine displacement given velocity in linear motion problems.

ACMSM135

understand motion of a body under concurrent forces

Elaboration (8) ACLASFC226

identifying and researching Deaf community identities associated with significant historical places, such as William Thomson establishing the first deaf school in WA

ACSPH061

Representations, including graphs and vectors, and/or equations of motion, can be used qualitatively and quantitatively to describe and predict linear motion

ACSPH099

Projectile motion can be analysed quantitatively by treating the horizontal and vertical components of the motion independently

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

ACSPH101

Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation is used to explain Kepler’s laws of planetary motion and to describe the motion of planets and other satellites, modelled as uniform circular motion

Peg's Creek Primary School

Peg's Creek Primary School is an independent public school, centrally located in the City of Karratha, 1600 km north-west of Perth. The school is a part of the Pilbara Education District and is one of five public primary schools and one Catholic primary …

Peg's Creek Primary School | Illustrations of practice | Primary curriculum | Resources

ACSPH018

All systems have thermal energy due to the motion of particles in the system

Yokine Primary School

Yokine Independent Public Primary School is situated ten kilometres from Perth CBD. The school profile has changed significantly over the last seven years with an increased enrolment of students for whom English is an Additional Language or Dialect (EAL/D).The …

Yokine Primary School | Illustrations of practice | Primary curriculum | Resources

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