To be used for the first time with Year 11 students in 2011.
Syllabus
Syllabuses and their supporting resources are provided by the QSA to help schools develop Authority subjects. Syllabuses can also be purchased from us in print format.
Syllabus
The syllabus describes the aims, objectives, course organisation, learning experiences, assessment requirements and work program requirements for the subject.
Subject guide
The guide gives brief information about the syllabus, covering areas such as what students learn, how they are assessed and how parents can help.
Work programs
Work programs detail how individual schools intend to implement the syllabus. They are submitted by schools as part of the quality-assurance process for senior subjects.
The following resources are provided to help schools develop work programs.
- Work program requirements (PDF, 48 kB)
- Work program review checklist (DOC, 447 kB)
- Sample work program (PDF, 193 kB) (DOC, 627 kB)
To amend a work program, complete the following form and insert it at the front of the work program before uploading to the QSA website.
Teaching & learning
Assessment
Sample assessment products
These products inform school-based decisions about the design of effective assessment and the appropriate application of standards when making judgments about student achievement.
| Technique | Name | Responses |
|---|---|---|
| Collection of work | Global warming (PDF, 157 kB) | |
| Extended experimental investigation | Stain removal (PDF, 88 kB) | |
| Extended response task | Bio-cybernetics (PDF, 202 kB) | |
| Supervised written assessment | Destination Mars (PDF, 229 kB) | |
| Supervised written assessment | Disease (PDF, 132 kB) | A & C |
Designing and evaluating assessment instruments
This advice assists and supports schools with designing and evaluating their assessment program and in implementing the assessment requirements of this syllabus.
- Designing effective assessment instruments for Authority and Authority-registered subjects (PDF, 190 kB)
- Quality assuring senior assessment instruments: A tool for schools (DOC, 275 kB)
Assessment program audit tool
The purpose of this document is to assist schools to review their assessment programs.
Subject–specific advice
This information supports schools in implementing the assessment requirements of the syllabus. The advice supports school decision making about the approaches to assessment design and making judgments.
Other advice
- Developing effective instrument-specific standards matrixes (PDF, 149 kB)
- Supervised written assessment planner (PDF, 152 kB)
- What is IC1? (PDF, 186 kB)
- Extended response task planner (PDF, 142 kB)
- Extended experimental investigation planner (PDF, 142 kB)
- A Curriculum glossary for senior science (PDF, 129 kB)
More information
Email seo@qsa.qld.edu.au or phone (07) 3864 0375.
Related information
Last updated: 22 March 2012