Going places – Year 11 – Mathematics Standard
This program of learning addresses content from the focus areas of Time and location, and Networks, paths and trees.
Syllabus
Syllabus outcomes and content descriptors from Mathematics Standard 11–12 Syllabus (2024) © NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales, 2024.
Assessment tasks
Students investigate how mathematical networks can model real-world connections by exploring Aboriginal songlines and star maps and analysing global travel routes. They apply network concepts such as vertices, edges, shortest paths, and minimum spanning trees, and use their networks to solve problems involving distance, routes, and time zones.