YEAR 12 PHYSICS ATAR
Prerequisite: ‘High ‘C’ Grade (60%) in Year 11 Physics ATAR Cost: $59.95 (Step Up In Education)
| Year 10 | Year 11 | Year 12 | ||
| Physical Sciences | Physics ATAR | Units 1 and 2 | Physics ATAR | Units 3 and 4 |
| Chemical Sciences | Chemistry ATAR | Units 1 and 2 | Chemistry ATAR | Units 3 and 4 |
| Biological Sciences | Biology ATAR | Units 1 and 2 | Biology ATAR | Units 3 and 4 |
| Human Biology ATAR | Units 1 and 2 | Human Biology ATAR | Units 3 and 4 | |
| Psychology ATAR | Units 1 and 2 | Psychology ATAR | Units 3and 4 | |
| Marine and Maritime Studies ATAR | Units 1 and 2 | Marine and Maritime Studies ATAR | Units 3 and 4 | |
| General Science | Human Biology General | Units 1 and 2 | Human Biology General | Units 3 and 4 |
| Marine Science | Marine and Maritime Studies General | Units 1 and 2 | Marine and Maritime Studies General | Units 3 and 4 |
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Year 12 Physics ATAR
Course Description
Course Description
The Year 12 syllabus is divided into two units, each of one semester duration, which are typically delivered as a pair.
Unit 3 – “Gravity and electromagnetism”
Students investigate models of motion in gravitational, electric and magnetic fields to explain how forces act at a distance.
Unit 4 – “Revolutions in modern physics”
Students use the theory of electromagnetism to explain the production and propagation of electromagnetic waves and investigate how shortcomings in existing theories led to the development of the quantum theory of light and matter, the Special Theory of Relativity, and the Standard Model of particle physics.
Careers/Further Study
Engineering, Physical Sciences, Manager.
