http://stavconf2015.weebly.com/
Disclaimer: The following is not necessarily all our own work. We have tried to credit sources where applicable. As we don't teach all detailed studies each year, some material or links will be from when we last taught it, so may need updating.
Sustainable Energy
Investigation experiment booklet and grading guide
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Research task:
There are many projects underway in Australia with lots of information available.
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Many options for renewable energy are viable in Australia
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Future Spark has a trailer with bikes connected to electrical generators and they visits schools. It gives students a concept of just how much energy is used to run a home.
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Incursion:
Use your community. A parent is involved in an electric vehicle project. A Barina was retrofitted with an electric motor. He drove it to school for the class to look at.
Use your community. A parent is involved in an electric vehicle project. A Barina was retrofitted with an electric motor. He drove it to school for the class to look at.
Excursion:
Ecolinc/Waubra Wind Farm (Bacchus Marsh/Ballarat)
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Astronomy
Kepler's Laws Investigation
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Sun shadow observation
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Medical Physics
Excursion: Peter Mac
LearnCT is a simulation package to show the type of images that can be obtained from Computerised Tomography.
Information and download from: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jfarrell/javactapp/index.html Download simulation app (Java) and projection data |
Analysis of images
Flight
Physics Camp
How to organise a physics camp: http://physicscamp.wikispaces.com/ |
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Astrophysics
Parallax based activities
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Astronomical distances
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Using information about variable stars
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Star in a box program
http://lcogt.net/siab/ Worksheets at http://lcogt.net/education/starinabox http://homeschool-academy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Star-in-a-Box.pdf |
CLEA Redshift simulation software to determine the age of the universe.
http://www3.gettysburg.edu/~marschal/clea/CLEAhome.html Software is not being updated, so trial first.
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Energy from the nucleus
From vicphysics
http://www.nucleartourist.com/ |
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