Stage 2 Physics
SACE CREDITS: 20 credits
KEY CONTACT: Craig Nielsen, Delphine Cantin and Kerry Pinchbeck
RECOMMENDED BACKGROUND:
Successful completion of Stage 1 Physics and Stage 1 Mathematical Methods.
COURSE CONTENT:
The study of Physics is constructed around using qualitative and quantitative models, laws, and theories to better understand matter, forces, energy, and their interaction. Physics seeks to explain natural phenomena and to make predictions about them. The models, laws, and theories in physics are based on evidence obtained from observations, measurements, and active experimentation over thousands of years. In Physics, students integrate and apply a range of understanding, inquiry, and scientific thinking skills that encourage and inspire them to contribute their own solutions to current and future problems and challenges.
Through further developing skills in gathering, analysing, and interpreting data to investigate a range of phenomena, students increase their understanding of physics concepts and the impact that physics has on many aspects of life.
The topics for Stage 2 Physics are:
- Motion and relativity
- Electricity and magnetism
- Light and atoms
ASSESSMENT:
Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types.
Assessment Types
- Investigations Folio
- Skills and Applications Tasks
- External – Written examination
SUBJECT COSTS: Nil