Foundation of Physics

Foundation of Physics is a full-day SACE Stage 1 program at Adelaide University Mawson Lakes, featuring hands-on workshops in radar technology (waves, Doppler shift) and nuclear physics (radiation, decay, radioactivity).
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Year Level

Year 11

Capacity

25 Students

Duration

1 Day

Location

On Campus

Term Offered

Whole Year

Cost

Free

Curriculum

Physics

Regional

No

Background

Foundation of Physics is a full day experiential program linked to the SACE Stage 1 Physics curriculum. This program includes hands-on data collection and data analysis and utilises specialist equipment at Adelaide University’s Mawson Lakes campus. The program consists of two workshops – DST Group Radar Technology and Nuclear Physics.

The DST Group Radar Technology workshop links with the ‘Waves’ section of the SACE Stage 1 Physics curriculum. Students use an audio radar as a learning tool in an experimental session looking at the radar concepts of reflection and Doppler shift. Two procedures are undertaken – the first uses reflection to determine the distance of an object and the speed of sound in air, while the second uses Doppler shift to determine the speed of a moving object.

The Nuclear Physics program links with the ‘Nuclear Models and Radioactivity’ section of the SACE Stage 1 Physics curriculum. Students conduct three procedures that explore concepts of radiation and radioactive decay – calculating the half-life of an indium isotope, exploring the attenuation of gamma rays, and determining the penetrative range of beta particles through aluminium.

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Enquire About availability

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