Course Brochure Proper
Course Brochure Proper
Make the City Grow Make the City the Super City!
The more people that come to your city, the more Make trades and treaties with other cities, get
facilities you need to build. If the people are unhappy, tourists to visit. The more successful your city is,
they will leave. Learn about representing and the more it will grow and become a super city!
analysing data to do this. Do this by learning non -linear mathematics,
sequences and probability
Mini thesis: This follows the STEM philosophy of:
S Stretch: Students will learn about then use Mathematics and Science beyond the curriculum.
T Theory: They will come up with a theory and then test it.
E Evaluate: They will use their higher-level STEM skills to evaluate their theory.
M Meaningful: The work will be meaningful not abstract.
There are 2 areas of entry: The foundational one which enters at unit 1 and ends at unit 5 and higher which
enters at unit 5 and ends at unit 7. An initial assessment will determine which area your child enters at.
Unit 1: Units and Learn about dimensional analysis and the importance of correct units and
Measurement measurement as well as error analysis.
Unit 2: Laws Go in depth into laws of Physics such as Newtons 3 laws, friction and momentum
and impulse. Expand basic distance time and speed knowledge to SUVAT
equations and vector quantities such as Velocity and Displacement.
Unit 3: Linearity and Ratio, proportion coordinate geometry and inequalities are learned here but used
rates of change in a way to derive relationships between physical quantites. Functions and linear
programming are introduced here and development of higher order problem
solving is used to construct a small mathematical model.
Unit 4: Costing The idea of a cost-benefit analysis is introduced here. Percentage knowledge is
developed further here and functions are extended to composite and inverse
functions. Compound interest is briefly introduced as an example of exponential
growth leading to the next unit of non-linearity
Unit 5: Non linearity Quadratics, logarithms and exponentials are introduced here with the application
of these to real-life Physics problems as the complexity of what can be described
mathematically increased further such as projectile motion.
Unit 6: Engineering Quantities such as stress and strain are introduced as well as higher level vectors
quantities and matrices.
Unit 7: Trigonometry Sin, cos and tan are introduced as well as graph transformations. The idea of
modelling objects on planes is introduced with the concept of resolving forces
parallel and perpendicular to planes using trigonometry and Newtons laws of
Physics.
Junior Uni
The Junior Uni courses are high level and specialized courses where students will learn degree and
Masters level content in the areas of Fluid Mechanics and Mathematical modelling. Due to the
complexity of the courses, I would require an interview with the interested student and their grades at
AS level to assess entry.
Areas that they may learn
What they learn and the order they learn will depend on previous knowledge and the outcome they
want from the course