HSC Health and Movement Science study guide
HSC Health and Movement Science · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
Health and Movement Science is a New South Wales Stage 6 course examined for the HSC. It suits students who want to understand health as both a personal and a public issue while also studying how the body produces and sustains movement. The examined content is organised into two cores - Health for Individuals and Communities, and The Body in Motion - alongside focus-area study in Health and Movement and Health and Physical Activity. Assessment blends multiple-choice, short-answer and extended-response writing, so you need recall of terminology plus the ability to explain, analyse and apply it to unfamiliar scenarios. The HSC Health and Movement Science study guide has 4 sections and about 1,239 words.
01Core 1 - Health for Individuals and Communities
Health is more than the absence of disease. Be able to move between the biomedical , lifestyle/behavioural and social models of health and explain why the social model (socioeconomic, cultural, environmental determinants) explains inequities that individual behaviour cannot.
310 words, about 2 min02Core 2 - The Body in Motion
Link anatomy (skeletal, muscular, joint structures) to biomechanics and physiology . Know the planes and axes (sagittal, frontal, transverse planes; corresponding axes) and the movement terms they generate.
330 words, about 2 min03Focus Area - Health and Movement
This focus area connects physical activity to health outcomes across the lifespan. Know the current national physical activity and sedentary behaviour guidelines for children, adolescents and adults (including strength work and limiting screen time), and be able to evaluate whether a person meets them.
316 words, about 2 min04Focus Area - Health and Physical Activity
This focus area examines physical activity as a setting for health : schools, sport, community and workplace. Understand the settings-based approach and how policy, environment and culture shape participation.
283 words, about 1 min