Physics - Stage 2

Mandatory: No

Duration: Full year

Description

Students wishing to study this course must have successfully completed a year’s study of Stage 1 Physics. It is recommended that a SACE accredited Mathematics subject be undertaken concurrently with this subject.

The study of Physics is constructed around using qualitative and quantitative models, laws, and theories to better understand matter, forces, energy, and the interaction among them. Physics seeks to explain natural phenomena, from the subatomic world to the macro-cosmos, and to make predictions about them. The models, laws, and theories in physics are based on evidence obtained from observations, measurements, and active experimentation over thousands of years.

Topics include:

• Motion and Relativity
• Electricity and Magnetism
• Light and Atoms