Overview

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Offerings

MURDOCH-S2-EXT-2022-ONGOING
MURDOCH-S2-INT-2022-ONGOING
MURDOCH-S2E-EXT-2019-2021
MURDOCH-S2E-INT-2019-2021

Requisites

Enrolment rules

This unit is not available to students enrolled in a Science major and is not suited for students who are enrolled in Principles of Physics or Introduction to Chemical Concepts.

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Learning activities

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Learning outcomes

1.
Critique claims made on the basis of their scientific validity and reliability, and their consistency with the wider body of scientific knowledge.
2.

Use accepted scientific models, principles and concepts in the physical and life sciences to explain observations and phenomena associated with the natural world.

3.

Exercise the science inquiry skills associated with the primary to middle secondary years of the Western Australian Curriculum: Science, with particular focus on explaining the principles of, developing and executing a fair test investigation. 

Assessments

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Additional information

Unit content:

* Thinking and Working Scientifically  * Scientific Thought * Measuring and Gathering Data * Particles, States and Classification of Matter  * Observations & Inferences * Chemical Reactions * What is Energy? * Light Energy * Electrical Energy * Thermodynamics * Tectonic Plates * Cycles

Other notes:

Primary teacher education students may seek credit (meaning that another Part I unit of the same point value will be necessary) if they have completed ATAR Physics and Chemistry with an average of more than 65%. Students need to consult their Academic Chair to gain this credit.