WACE Physical Education Studies ATAR study guide
WACE Physical Education Studies ATAR · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
Year 12 Physical Education Studies is a Western Australian senior secondary course offered within the Health and Physical Education learning area, administered by the School Curriculum and Standards Authority (SCSA). It is designed for Year 12 students who want to deepen their understanding of human movement, performance and the factors that influence physical activity, and who may be considering further study or careers in sport science, health, coaching or education. The course sits within the Years 11 and 12 curriculum, where SCSA publishes syllabus and support material documents, the WACE Manual and an overview of changes to the WACE. Assessment for the course includes a school-based practical external assessment, which SCSA notes is now available on the course page, alongside the external written examination used across ATAR courses. Topics on this exam: Physical Education Studies. The WACE Physical Education Studies ATAR study guide has 1 section and about 343 words.
01WACE Physical Education Studies: Functional Anatomy, Biomechanics and Skill Acquisition
The syllabus asks you to describe how the musculoskeletal system produces movement, not simply to label bones. Be able to identify the major joints and classify them (hinge, ball-and-socket, pivot, saddle, gliding, condyloid), name the articulating bones, and give the plane and axis of each movement: flexion/extension occur in the sagittal plane about a transverse axis, abduction/adduction in the frontal plane about a sagittal axis, and rotation in the transverse plane about a longitudinal axis. Link each movement to the muscle group producing it and to its antagonist, and state the type of contraction (concentric, eccentric, isometric). Know Newton's three laws and apply them to sporting examples, and understand force summation, centre of gravity, base of support, stability, levers (first, second and third class with an example of each), and projectile motion (angle, speed and height of release).
343 words, about 2 min