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
ACSPH031
Einstein’s mass/energy relationship, which applies to all energy changes, enables the energy released in nuclear reactions to be determined from the mass change in the reaction
ACSPH031 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1 | Physics | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSPH040
The energy available to charges moving in an electrical circuit is measured using electric potential difference, which is defined as the change in potential energy per unit charge between two defined points in the circuit
ACSPH040 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1 | Physics | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
Links to Foundation to Year 10 Geography
The senior secondary Geography curriculum builds on the knowledge, conceptual understandings and inquiry skills developed in the Foundation to Year 10 Australian Curriculum: Geography. Through a carefully selected series of units and their associated …
Links to Foundation to Year 10 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
Links to Foundation to Year 10 Modern History
The Modern History curriculum continues to develop student learning in history through the same strands used in the Foundation to Year 10 history curriculum, although in the historical knowledge and understanding strand in Years 9-10, there is a focus …
Links to Foundation to Year 10 | Modern History | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
Links to Foundation to Year 10 Chemistry
Progression from the F-10 Australian Curriculum: Science The Chemistry curriculum continues to develop student understanding and skills from across the three strands of the F-10 Australian Curriculum: Science. In the Science Understanding strand, the …
Links to Foundation to Year 10 | Chemistry | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
Links to Foundation to Year 10 Earth and Environmental Science
Progression from the F-10 Australian Curriculum: Science The Earth and Environmental Science curriculum continues to develop student understanding and skills from across the three strands of the F-10 Australian Curriculum: Science. In the Science Understanding …
Links to Foundation to Year 10 | Earth and Environmental Science | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
Links to Foundation to Year 10 Physics
Progression from the F-10 Australian Curriculum: Science The Physics curriculum continues to develop student understanding and skills from across the three strands of the F-10 Australian Curriculum: Science. In the Science Understanding strand, the Physics …
Links to Foundation to Year 10 | Physics | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
Rationale Mathematical Methods
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 with …
Rationale | Mathematical Methods | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
Rationale/Aims Chemistry
Rationale Chemistry is the study of materials and substances, and the transformations they undergo through interactions and the transfer of energy. Chemists can use an understanding of chemical structures and processes to adapt, control and manipulate …
Rationale/Aims | Chemistry | 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
Rationale/Aims Geography
Rationale The study of Geography draws on students’ curiosity about the diversity of the world’s places and their peoples, cultures and environments. It enables students to appreciate the complexity of our world and the diversity of its environments, …
Rationale/Aims | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
Rationale/Aims Ancient History
Rationale The Ancient History curriculum enables students to study life in early civilisations based on the analysis and interpretation of physical and written remains. The ancient period, as defined in this curriculum, extends from the development of …
Rationale/Aims | Ancient History | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
Rationale/Aims Modern History
Rationale The Modern History curriculum enables students to study the forces that have shaped today’s world and provides them with a broader and deeper comprehension of the world in which they live. While the focus is on the 20th century, the curriculum …
Rationale/Aims | Modern History | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
Representation of Cross-curriculum priorities Modern History
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures includes study of the ideas that have influenced movements for change, the progress towards recognition and equality for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and the focus of continued …
Representation of Cross-curriculum priorities | Modern History | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
Representation of Cross-curriculum priorities Geography
While the significance of the cross-curriculum priorities for Geography varies, there are opportunities for teachers to select contexts that incorporate the key concepts from each priority. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures Students …
Representation of Cross-curriculum priorities | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
Representation of Cross-curriculum priorities Physics
While the significance of the cross-curriculum priorities for Physics varies, there are opportunities for teachers to select contexts that incorporate the key concepts from each priority. Through an investigation of contexts that draw on Aboriginal and …
Representation of Cross-curriculum priorities | Physics | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
Representation of Cross-curriculum priorities Chemistry
While the significance of the cross-curriculum priorities for Chemistry varies, there are opportunities for teachers to select contexts that incorporate the key concepts from each priority. Through an investigation of contexts that draw on Aboriginal …
Representation of Cross-curriculum priorities | Chemistry | Science | Senior secondary curriculum