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Astrophysics - Year 10

Vernon Clarke

Teacher - Astrophysics

Astrophysics has been taught at BSC for a few years now and is the opportunity for students to learn more about space, the universe and rockets. It was introduced as there is not a lot of space content in  the science  curriculum and as an extension opportunity for interested science students, allowing them to have the chance to learn more about stars, planets and scientific exploration.

In  Astrophysics we study the lifecycle of stars and galaxies over time and the students did a presentation on planetary colonization. 

Students have enjoyed studying the history of the 'space race' and rockets. We use the laws of physics to understand the flight of rockets which is a valuable introduction to VCE Physics.  In Astrophysics, students learn the skills required for technical report writing as well as investigate the concepts of reliability and validity.  These skills also carry through to other VCE subjects including Chemistry, Biology and Psychology.

These 3 videos show a bottle rocket and a model rocket that was made by the students. The RTF rocket came from a kit and uses a dry fuel to achieve flight. The rocket was filmed in slow motion while the filmographer was safely far away and then the film was edited to be shorter.  

Christian Cammarano

Year 10

I learned many different topics in Astrophysics , all of which will help my interest of being an engineer. A good reason to pick astrophysics is if you are already interested in engineering or astronomy.

Camilla Vagnarelli 

Year 10

I remember learning how the universe works and how a single change could potentially destroy our galaxy. Astrophysics may not interest everybody, buti in  my case I loved it.  

Isabella Munoz

Year 10

I learned how the universe affects our lives and the history behind our curious natures. As well as that I gained a larger understanding or the world around us, which I believe is important in the future because with knowledge we can improve ourselves. You get to learn things like how rockets work. Not only that, you get to test theories by building rockets!