Overview

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Offerings

MURDOCH-S2-EXT-2018-ONGOING
MURDOCH-S2-INT-2018-ONGOING

Enrolment rules

Students who have successfully completed PEC/PEN152 Principles of Physics or OSCI16/PEC/PEN120 General Physics or M150 Physics 1A and M151 Physics 1B may not enrol in this unit for credit.
Enrolment in the Graduate Certificate in Education (Secondary Science 7-10)

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Learning activities

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Learning outcomes

1.
Describe the behaviour of matter and energy using the laws and models of physics
2.
Communicate scientific concepts in 'plain English'
3.
Solve problems in physics that do not require knowledge of calculus.
4.
Use scientific experimental methods and techniques to demonstrate, the physical relationships students are studying as part of the knowledge content of the unit

Assessments

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Additional information

Unit content:1. Students will learn about measurement and the associated concepts of precision and accuracy. 2. The knowledge content students will gain from the unit includes an understanding of motion, waves, light, thermal energy, electric and magnetic fields. 3. Knowledge and understanding gained in this unit will allow the students to describe in ‘plain English’ the behaviour of matter and energy using the laws and models of physics. 4. Students will learn to use appropriate problem solving techniques to solve problems in physics that do not require knowledge of calculus. The unit does involve some numerical calculations however it also strongly focusses on concepts and understanding the underlying physics within a situation. These key concepts and motivations for the unit are introduced with the lecture component and reinforced with tutorial and laboratory activities.