Explore Earth & Environmental Science: Introduction to Earth systems; Earth processes — energy transfers and transformations. Read the actual course outline before choosing.
Confirm your cohort: Earth & Environmental Science 2025 v1.3. Check the implementation statement and school availability for your cohort.
What will I learn?
Unit 1: Introduction to Earth systems
Units 1 and 2Unit 2: Earth processes — energy transfers and transformations
Units 1 and 2Unit 3: Living on Earth — extracting, using and managing Earth resources
Units 3 and 4Unit 4: The changing Earth — the cause and impact of Earth hazards
Units 3 and 4How will I be assessed?
School arrangements: The published weighted assessments below apply to Units 3 and 4. Schools design the Units 1 and 2 assessment and set local task dates.
Published course / existing guide: Internal assessment 1: Data test (10%)
Published course / existing guide: Internal assessment 2: Student experiment (20%)
Published course / existing guide: Internal assessment 3: Research investigation (20%)
Published course / existing guide: External assessment: Examination — combination response (50%)
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Will I find it hard?
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- Can you explain the ideas in your own words as well as recall the terminology?
- Do investigations and evaluating evidence interest you? Check the course’s practical requirements.
Does it scale up or down?
Earth and Environmental Science, 2025. Table 6 of QTAC’s 2025 report publishes separate raw and scaled subject medians for General subjects with at least 50 students. Historical cohort data cannot predict your result or a future scaling direction.
| Median raw result | Median scaled result |
|---|---|
| 80 | 65.37 |
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Sources, versions and verification dates
Profile source metadata last checked: 2026-11-13. A source check is not an endorsement by the authority or confirmation that a future course version is unchanged.
- Earth & Environmental Science: QCAA course and implementation — QCAA; 2026-11-13. "Earth & Environmental Science General senior syllabus 2025" [level=3] For implementation with students who will complete their study of the course in 2026 or beyond.
- Earth & Environmental Science 2025 v1.3: published learning/assessment labels — QCAA; 2026-11-13. Primary PDF edition matches the edition advertised on the live course page. Factual contents labels; school delivery, task dates and results are separate. © State of Queensland (QCAA), CC BY 4.0; see the document copyright notice.
- QTAC 2025 scaling report: Earth and Environmental Science — QTAC; 2026-11-12. Table 6 of QTAC’s 2025 report publishes separate raw and scaled subject medians for General subjects with at least 50 students.