QUT STEM High School Engagement, the QUT Science and Engineering Faculty, and Steve Liddell from Street Science, in collaboration with Brisbane State High School, have produced a range of videos to assist students and teachers to prepare for their external exams.

There are Senior Syllabus videos for Unit 3 and 4 for:

Biology

Refresh your Senior Syllabus: Biology Unit 3

Revision video for Unit 3, Biodiversity and the interconnectedness of life

  • Topic 1: Describing biodiversity
  • Topic 2: Ecosystem dynamics

Refresh your Senior Syllabus: Biology Unit 4

  • Topic 1: DNA, genes and the continuity of life
  • Topic 2: Continuity of life on Earth

Careers in Biology

Studying biology can lead to jobs in:

  • food and marine sciences
  • agriculture
  • biotechnology
  • environmental rehabilitation
  • biosecurity
  • quarantine
  • conservation
  • forensics
  • sustainability.

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Physics

Unit 3

Refresh your Senior Syllabus: Physics Unit 3

  • Topic 1: Gravity and motion
  • Topic 2: Electromagnetism

Refresh your Senior Syllabus: Physics Unit 3 practical

  • Demonstration of mandatory practical, to investigate the force acting on a conductor in a magnetic field – detection of compass needle

Refresh your Senior Syllabus: Physics Unit 3 practical analysis

  • Analysis of mandatory practical data, to investigate the force acting on a conductor in a magnetic field – detection of compass needle

Unit 4

Refresh your Senior Syllabus: Physics Unit 4

Revision video for Physics Unit 4, Revolutions in modern physics

  • Topic 1: Special Relativity
  • Topic 2: Quantum theory

Refresh your Senior Syllabus: Physics Unit 4 practical

  • Demonstration of mandatory practical, to determine the value of Planck’s Constant using the photoelectric effect

Refresh your Senior Syllabus: Physics Unit 4 practical analysis

  • Analysis of mandatory practical data, to determine the value of Planck’s Constant using the photoelectric effect

Careers in Physics

Studying physics can lead to jobs in:

  • engineering
  • astrophysics
  • nanotechnology
  • computer science
  • materials science.

Check out our QUT STEM courses

Chemistry

Unit 3

Refresh your Senior Syllabus: Chemistry Unit 3

  • Topic 1: Chemical equilibrium systems
  • Topic 2: Oxidation and reduction

Refresh your Senior Syllabus: Chemistry Unit 3 practical

  • Demonstration of mandatory practical, to construct a galvanic cell using two metal/metal-ion half cells.

Refresh your Senior Syllabus: Chemistry Unit 3 practical analysis

  • Analysis of mandatory practical data, to construct a galvanic cell using two metal/metal-ion half cells.

Unit 4

Refresh your Senior Syllabus: Chemistry Unit 4

Revision video for Chemistry Unit 4, Structure, synthesis and design

  • Topic 1: Properties and structure of organic materials
  • Topic 2: Chemical synthesis and design

Refresh your Senior Syllabus: Chemistry Unit 4 practical and analysis

  • Demonstration and analysis of mandatory practical, using the 3D model, explain the properties and structure of organic materials

Refresh your Senior Syllabus: Chemistry Unit 4 sample exam question

  • Sample exam question, how to identify different functional groups in molecules.

Careers in Chemistry

Studying chemistry can lead to jobs in:

  • Manufacturing
  • Medicine and healthcare
  • Biochemistry
  • Industrial Science
  • Environmental Science
  • Forensics

Check out our QUT STEM courses

Contact us

If you have any questions contact QUT Faculty of Science Engagement via email engage.science@qut.edu.au.