VCE

VCE (Victorian Certificate of Education) is the senior school certificate for Years 11 and 12 and helps calculate a student’s ATAR for university entry.

Program Structure

Our program aligns with the VCAA (Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority) study design for each subject.

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Maths Methods

Functions & relations: Set notation, relations vs functions, implied domains, composite and inverse functions, sums and products of functions, power functions

Coordinate geometry: Linear and literal equations, simultaneous linear systems, geometric solutions, linear modelling

Transformations: translations, dilations, reflections, combined transformations, identifying transformations from graphs, sketching transformed graphs

Polynomial functions: Quadratic and cubic functions, polynomial structure, factorisation and division, higher-degree polynomials, determining rules from graphs, literal equations

Exponential & logarithmic functions: Exponential functions, exponential equations, logarithms and log laws, graphing exponential and logarithmic functions, growth and decay models, inverse relationships

Circular (trigonometric) functions: Radians, sine cosine and tangent, identities, trig graphs and transformations, solving trig equations, general solutions, applications

Further functions: Power functions, composite and inverse functions, sums and products of functions, function notation and identities, families of functions

Differentiation: Derivative concept, differentiation rules, exponential logarithmic and trigonometric derivatives, limits and continuity, derivative graphs

Applications of differentiation: Tangents and normals, rates of change, stationary points, optimisation, families of functions, Newton’s method

Integration: Antidifferentiation, definite integrals, area under and between curves, applications

Probability & statistics: Discrete random variables, expected value and variance, binomial distribution, continuous random variables, normal distribution, sampling and confidence intervals

Algorithms & pseudocode: Algorithmic problem solving, iteration and selection, mathematical pseudocode

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Physics

Unit 1&2:

Waves and electromagnetism: including wave properties, reflection, refraction and optical phenomena, light and heat, white light.

Thermal physics: including heat transfer, radiation, temperature change and climate processes

Nuclear physics: including radiation, half-life, fission, fusion and environmental impacts

Electric circuits: including voltage, current, resistance, power and household electricity

Motion and forces: using kinematics, Newton’s laws, momentum, impulse, forces in 2D, equilibrium, inclined planes, connected bodies, torque, SUVAT, and graphing motion

Energy conservation: including work, gravitational and elastic potential energy, kinetic energy springs, and applications of motion.

Scientific investigation skills: including experimental design, data analysis and graph interpretation

Unit 3&4:

Motion and forces: Vectors, kinematics, constant acceleration, Newton’s laws, net force, inclined planes, connected bodies, circular and projectile motion, momentum, impulse

Energy and collisions: Kinetic energy, work, power, elastic and inelastic collisions, energy conservation, gravitational and strain potential energy, spring systems

Gravitational fields: Field model of gravity, inverse square law, field strength, gravitational potential energy, orbital motion, satellites

Electric and magnetic fields: Electric charge and fields, Coulomb’s law, magnetic field patterns, forces on charges and currents, circular motion in fields, DC motors

Electricity generation and transmission: Magnetic flux, Faraday’s and Lenz’s laws, AC and DC generators, transformers, AC vs DC power, power transmission, photovoltaic cells

Waves and wave behaviour: Wave properties and equation, interference, standing waves, diffraction, electromagnetic waves, Young’s double slit, fringe spacing

Wave particle duality: Photoelectric effect, work function, stopping voltage, intensity and frequency effects, photon energy, matter waves, quantised energy, spectra

Special relativity: Einstein’s postulates, Michelson Morley experiment, time dilation, length contraction, Lorentz factor, mass energy equivalence

Scientific investigation: Experimental design, variables, uncertainty and error, data collection, graphing, gradients, scientific communication

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Benefits

Study design aligned

Teaching focused on assessed VCAA content only.

Clear concepts

Focusing on developing conceptual understanding

Exam techniques

Clear methods for VCE-style questions and marks.

Active feedback

Specific feedback to fix gaps and improve results.

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