Barrenjoey High School

Objectives

Students will develop knowledge and understanding about:

HSC Outcomes

A student:

1. the history of physics;

H1 evaluates how major advances in scientific understanding and technology have changed the direction or nature of scientific thinking;

2. the nature and practice of physics;

H2 analyses the ways in which models, theories and laws in physics have been tested and evaluated;

3. applications and uses of physics;

H3 assesses the impact of particular advances in physics on the development of technologies;

4. implications of physics for society and the environment;

H4 assesses the impact of applications of physics on society and the environment;

5. current issues, research and developments in physics;

H5 identifies possible future directions of physics research;

6. kinematics and dynamics;

H6 explains events in terms of Newton’s Laws, Law of conservation of Momentum and relativity;

7. energy;

H7 explains the effect of energy transfers and transformation;

8. waves;

H8 analyses wave interactions and explains the effects of those interactions;

9. fields:

H9 explains the effects of electric, magnetic and gravitational fields;

10. matter;

H10 describes the nature of electromagnetic radiation and matter in terms of the particles and forces involved;

11. planning investigations;

H11 justifies the appropriateness of a particular investigation plan;

12. conducting investigations;

H12 evaluates ways in which accuracy and reliability could be improved in investigations;

13. communicating information and understanding;

H13 uses terminology and reporting styles appropriately and successfully to communicate information and understanding;

14. developing scientific and problem solving techniques;

H14 assesses the validity of conclusions drawn from gathered data and information;

15. working individually and in teams;

H15 explains why an investigation is best undertaken individually or by a team;

Students will develop positive values about and attitudes towards:

16. themselves, others, learning as a lifelong process, physics and the environment.

H16 justifies positive values about and towards living and non-living components of the environment, ethical behaviour and a desire for critical evaluation of the consequences of the applications of science.