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PHYSICS

Physics provides opportunities for students to engage • Understanding of the ways in which models and
with the classical and modern understandings of the theories are refined, and new models and theories
universe. are developed in physics
• How physics knowledge is used in a wide range of
In Year 11 and 12, students learn about: contexts and informs personal, local and global issues
• Investigative skills, including the design and conduct
• Fundamental concepts of thermodynamics, of investigations to explore phenomena and solve
electricity and nuclear processes problems, the collection and analysis of qualitative
• Concepts and theories that predict and describe and quantitative data, and the interpretation of
the linear motion of objects. They will explore how evidence
scientists explain some phenomena using an • Ability to use accurate and precise measurement,
understanding of waves valid and reliable evidence, and skepticism and
• The concept of gravitational and electromagnetic intellectual rigour to evaluate claims
fields, and the relevant forces associated with them • Ability to communicate physics understanding,
• Modern physics theories and models that, despite findings, arguments and conclusions using
being counterintuitive, are fundamental to our appropriate representations, modes and genres
understanding of many common observable
phenomena
Career Opportunities:
Physics aims to develop students’:

• Appreciation of the wonder of physics and the • Accelerator Operator
significant contribution physics has made to • Applications Engineer
contemporary society • Data Analyst
• Understanding that diverse natural phenomena may • Design Engineer
Physics Teacher
•
be explained, analysed and predicted using concepts, • IT Consultant
models and theories that provide a reliable basis for • Lab Technician
action • Laser Engineer/Optical Engineer
• Understanding of the ways in which matter and • Research Associate
energy interact in physical systems across a range of • IT Developer/Systems Analyst
scales

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