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11–12Physical World Science Life Skills 11–12 Syllabus (2025)

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Implementation from 2027
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Life Skills

Life Skills for Stage 6

Through collaborative curriculum planning, it may be decided that Life Skills outcomes and content are the most appropriate option for some students with intellectual disability.

Physical world in context

Relevant Working scientifically outcomes and content should be integrated with each focus area based on the strengths and needs of individual students.

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Forces and motion

  • Explore the role of forces in the Aboriginal game of Marngrook

  • Identify types of forces in amusement park rides

  • Participate in a practical investigation to compare the distance travelled when taking alternative routes to a familiar location

  • Participate in a practical investigation to compare the speed or time taken when using alternative transport options to travel to a familiar location

  • Compare safety features in modern and older cars

Sound and light

  • Explore Aboriginal symbols used for water, smoke or fire and how they relate to the movement of sound and light

  • Describe how animals use echolocation

  • Create a device to amplify or dampen sound

  • Describe how sound is produced in musical instruments

  • Explore the effect of different sound frequencies on heart rate

  • Participate in a secondary-source investigation to identify the uses of ultrasound technology

  • Explore how technology assists people with hearing impairment

  • Describe the features and uses of telescopes

  • Compare applications of the electromagnetic spectrum

Electricity and magnetism

  • Demonstrate ways to reduce electricity consumption in daily living

  • Explore how heat produced by a current-carrying wire can be used for beneficial purposes

  • Identify the applications of magnets in kitchen appliances

  • Follow a procedure to construct a battery

  • Communicate information about safe use, storage and disposal of batteries

  • Suggest beneficial future technology applications of electricity or magnetism

  • Describe how Aboriginal Peoples knew that lightning travels upward from the ground towards the sky

Radioactivity and nuclear energy

  • Explore uses of radioactivity in everyday contexts

  • Explore safety considerations associated with radioactivity

  • Identify uses of nuclear energy

  • Participate in a secondary-source investigation to identify nuclear power plants and their location

  • Explore the environmental impact of nuclear energy production

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