Resources for the Queensland 2007 Senior Physics Syllabus

This site contains some of the resources found to be useful for the 2007 Physics syllabus.
They are not QSA-approved exemplars but are example of teachers' work.

These resources are free for teachers to use in the classroom but are not for commercial publication.

Extended Experimental Investigations

Great Ideas for Physics EEIs

Hints for doing a Deadly EEI in Physics
EEI Criteria Sheet

Open Ended EEI
Risk Assessment Form

Extended Response Tasks

Physics ERT Resources Webpage

How to Write a Deadly ERT in Physics in the persuasive exposition genre

Guide Sheet - persuasive exposition in Physics; a short, student friendly guide for use with an ERT task sheet

Supervised Assessments

Deciding criteria and standards - some example questions and decisions.

Modifying traditional physics questions to suit the 2007 syllabus - from Alan Whyborn

"Scallop's Eye" Stimulus Response task (SA). Plus "Scallop's Eye" stimulus article.

Solar Cells Resource - Adobe pdf files taken from UNSW Key Centre for Photovoltaic Engineering teacher resource booklet

Tower of Terror & Giant Drop: letter heights
Exit Criteria Matrix

Matrix of Exit Standards Criteria - useful for mapping sub-criteria from different tasks on to the one sheet

Matrix of Exit Standards Criteria Example - a partially completed example of the one directly above

OTHER SUBJECTS

Chemistry Syllabus (2007) Webpage

Suggestions for EEIs in Chemistry

Hints for doing a Deadly EEI in Chemistry
Suggestions for EEIs in Biology

From Richard Walding

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