Areas Covered - ACARA

Mathematics Curriculum

Biology

Unit Content
Unit 1 Biodiversity and the interconnectedness of life Description
Unit 2 Cells and multicellular organisms Description
Unit 3 Heredity and continuity of life Description
Unit 4 Maintaining the internal environment Description
Mathematics Curriculum

Essential Mathematics

Unit Content
Unit 1 Calculations, percentages and rates, Measurement, Algebra, Graphs
Unit 2 Representing and comparing data, Percentages, Rates and ratios, Time and motion
Unit 3 Measurement, Scales, plans and models, Graphs, Data collection
Unit 4 Probability and relative frequencies, Earth geometry and time zones, Loans and compound interest

General Mathematics

Unit Content
Unit 1 Consumer arithmetic, Algebra and matrices, Shape and measurement
Unit 2 Univariate data analysis and the statistical investigation process, Applications of trigonometry, Linear equations and their graphs
Unit 3 Bivariate data analysis, Growth and decay in sequences, Graphs and networks
Unit 4 Time series analysis, Loans, investments and annuities, Networks and decision mathematics

Mathematical Methods

Unit Content
Unit 1 Functions and graphs, Trigonometric functions, Counting and probability
Unit 2 Exponential functions, Arithmetic and geometric sequences and series, Introduction to differential calculus
Unit 3 Further differentiation and applications, Integrals, Discrete random variables
Unit 4 The logarithmic function, Continuous random variables and the normal distribution, Interval estimates for proportions

Specialist Mathematics

Unit Content
Unit 1 Combinatorics, Vectors in the plane, Geometry
Unit 2 Trigonometry, Matrices, Real and complex numbers
Unit 3 Complex numbers, Functions and sketching graphs, Vectors in three dimensions
Unit 4 Integration and applications of integration, Rates of change and differential equations, Statistical inference
   

Physics

Unit Content
Unit 1 Thermal, nuclear and electrical physics Description
Unit 2 Linear Motion and Waves Description
Unit 3 Gravity and electromagnetism Description
Unit 4 Revolutions in modern physics Description
 
   

Chemistry

Unit Content
Unit 1 Chemical fundamentals: structure, properties and reactions Description
Unit 2 Molecular interactions and reactions Description
Unit 3 Equilibrium, acids and redox reactions Description
Unit 4 Structure, synthesis and design Description
 
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