Physics: ACT, WA, QLD

Senior Physics - ACT, QLD & WA (Australian Curriculum)

The current state syllabus in the ACT, QLD and WA is a direct copy of the Australian Curriculum, although sometimes taught in different orders.

These are example schedules to demonstrate the content of the meriSTEM online course and how it maps to your curriculum.

Unit 1

meriSTEM Module Sub-topic Australian Curriculum Physics Science Understandings
Science Skills Welcome to meriSTEM
Units
Measurement
Significant figures
Graphs
Interpreting data
Scaling and Estimates
Formulae, algebra, vectors & scalars
Thermal physics 1. Temperature 9, 14, 17, 18, 19
2. Heat 9, 18, 19, 20, 21, 151, 152, 153
3. Heat Transport 16, 21, 22
4. Kinetic Theory 39, 60
5. Using Energy 22, 23, 24, 25
Nuclear Physics 1. Nuclear composition 26, (Chemistry 21)
2. Nuclear stability 26, 27, (Chemistry 22)
3. Unstable nuclei and decay processes 26, 27, (Chemistry 22)
4. Nuclear halflives 29
5. Nuclear energies and masses 31, (Chemistry 24, 39)
6. Nuclear reactions 31, 33
7. Nuclear power 33, 34
8. Binding energy 35, 36
9. Ionising radiation 27, 28, 30
Electrical physics 1. What are circuits? 37
2. Charge and current 38
3. Energy in a circuit 39
4. Voltage and current 40
5. Power 42
6. Resistance and Ohm's Law 43
7. Circuit analysis 44

Unit 2

meriSTEM Module Sub-topic Australian Curriculum Physics Science Understandings
Science Skills Welcome to meriSTEM
Units
Measurement
Significant figures
Graphs
Interpreting data
Scaling and Estimates
Formulae, algebra, vectors & scalars
Mechanics 1. Motion
2. Forces 53, 54, 61, 62, 63
3. Momentum 54, 63, 64
4. Energy and work 63, 65, 66
Waves and Optics 1. Introduction to waves 67, 68, 69, 70
2. Characteristics of waves 67, 68, 69, 70
3. Transport in waves 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73
4. Sound waves 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73
5. Applying our understandings of waves 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73
6. Experimenting with pipes 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73
7. Resonance 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73
8. Refraction 73, 76
9. Light 74, 77
10. Mirrors and lenses 74, 77
11. Optics 75, 76

Unit 3

meriSTEM Module Sub-topic Australian Curriculum Physics Science Understandings
Gravity and Motion 1.Introduction 87
2. Gravity in space and Earth 87, 93, 94, 95, 98
3. Projectile motion 99
4. Uniform circular motion 100, 101
5. Fields and energy 96, 97
6. Space, old and new 101
Electromagnetism 1. Introduction 103
2. Electric fields 102, 103, 104
3. Coulomb's law 102, 105
4. Magnetism 106
5. Magnetic fields 106
6. Magnetic forces 109,110
7. Induction 108,109,110,111
8. Electromagnetic waves 112,113

Unit 4

meriSTEM Module Sub-topic Australian Curriculum Physics Science Understandings
Special Relativity 1. Galilean relativity ACSPH123, 129
4. The postulates of special relativity (ACSPH130, 131)
5. Time dilation (ACSPH132)
6. Relativity of simultaneity (ACSPH132)
7. Length contraction (ACSPH132)
8. Concluding remarks (ACSPH132)
9. Paradoxes: Muons (ACSPH129, 130)
10. Paradoxes: Bell's spaceships (ACSPH130)
11. Paradoxes: The relativistic limo (ACSPH132)
12. Relativistic momentum (ACSPH129, 133, 134)
13. Lorentz transformations derivation (Extension)
14. Fundamental effects from the Lorentz transformations (Extension)
15. Lorentz transformations: the invariant interval (Extension)
Quantum Mechanics 1. Double slit experiment (ACSPH135, 140)
2. Origins of quantum mechanics (ACSPH136, 137)
3. Atoms and atomic spectra (ACSPH123, 135, 138, 139)
4. Quantum mechanics describes everything (ACSPH137, 139, 140)
The Standard Model 1. Particles (ACSPH141, 144)
2. Reactions (ACSPH142, 143, 145)
3. Modern particle physics (ACSPH146, 147)