Year 11
Plain language, visual reasoning, a guided investigation and a short knowledge check.
Years 11–12
Quantum Computing Foundations
A mathematically supported but approachable introduction to state vectors, measurement, gates, circuits, entanglement and algorithms.
- Course length
- 12 weeks
- Weekly time
- 45–60 minutes each week
- Core lesson
- Year 11
- Extension
- Year 12
Course map
The 12-week pathway
Follow the sequence for a carefully built explanation, or open any lesson that sparks a question.
- Week 1 Classical and Quantum Information 55 minutes
- Week 2 State Vectors and Normalisation 55 minutes
- Week 3 Measurement and the Born Rule 55 minutes
- Week 4 Phase, Interference and the Bloch Sphere 55 minutes
- Week 5 Single-Qubit Gates as Matrices 55 minutes
- Week 6 Circuit Composition and Basis Changes 55 minutes
- Week 7 Multi-Qubit States and Tensor Products 55 minutes
- Week 8 Bell States, Entanglement and Bell Tests 55 minutes
- Week 9 Quantum Teleportation 55 minutes
- Week 10 Deutsch–Jozsa and Bernstein–Vazirani 55 minutes
- Week 11 Grover Search, Noise and Real Hardware 55 minutes
- Week 12 Higher-Secondary Capstone 55 minutes
Two layers in every lesson
The core stands on its own
Students can understand the main lesson without opening the extension. This keeps the pathway welcoming across several year levels.
Year 12
Optional depth, additional mathematics or a more demanding investigation.
Before you begin
Useful starting knowledge
- Algebra with fractions, powers and square roots
- Basic vector and matrix familiarity is helpful
- No calculus is required; complex numbers are refreshed when needed
Evidence before hype
Scientific care is part of the lesson
Every analogy is labelled and limited. Simulations are identified as ideal mathematical models. Current hardware claims are omitted unless they can be checked against a dated authoritative source.