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Level 3 Physics

300PHY
Course Description

Teacher in Charge: Mr Hafiz.

Recommended Prior Learning

Completed Level 2 Physics course


Almost any scientific problem can be approached using the ideas and methods of physics. The Level 3 Physics program aims to help you understand why things in the natural world happen the way they do. It enables you to explain, for example, how buildings move in an earthquake, why a car takes as long as it does to come to a stop when the brakes are applied, why the sky is blue and grass green, and why the supports of a bridge have to be of certain dimensions. You can use your understanding to predict how an object will behave under particular conditions, improve the functioning of everyday objects, and envisage new developments.

This course offers two internal standards and two external standards worth a total of 19 credits. 


Course Overview

Semester 1
Two internal standards:
1. AS91521: Carry out a practical investigation to test a physics theory relating two variables in a non-linear relationship
2. AS91525: Demonstrate understanding of Modern Physics

Semester 2
Two external standards:
1. AS91524: Demonstrate understanding of mechanical systems
2. AS91526: Demonstrate understanding of electrical systems

Learning Areas:

Science


Assessment Policy & Procedures
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