Differentiated Independent student study program – Unit 3
Motion
Week No.
Week
1
Section of Physics 12 Key concepts to read about and summarise
3E Enhanced Student
Book
Student questions from
Physics 12 3E Enhanced
Student Book and online
quizzes on Pearson Reader
1.1
1.1
Mechanics review
Interactive lessons,
animations, videos on
Pearson Reader
The first and third laws of
motion
Newton’s laws of motion
1.2
The normal force and inclined planes
1.3
1.2
1.3
(Detailed Worked Solutions to
all questions are available on
Pearson Reader.)
Week
2
1.4
Projectile motion including qualitative effects of resistance
1.5
Chapter 1 review questions
Pearson Reader Chapter 1 Quiz
2.1
Momentum; change in momentum; impulse; f–t graphs
2.1
2.2
Law of conservation of momentum applied to a range of
scenarios
2.2
Momentum
Week
3
2.3
Kinetic energy; gravitational potential energy; work done;
power
2.3
2.4
Law of conservation of energy
Energy dissipated
2.4
Hooke’s law; strain/elastic potential energy;
f–x graphs and work done
Week
4
Potential energy and kinetic
energy
Hooke’s law
2.5
Uniform circular motion and average speed; centripetal
acceleration; sources of centripetal force: friction,
gravitation, tension
2.5
2.6
Banking, components of tension supplying centripetal force
2.6
2.7
Vertical circular motion and the second law
Force analysis at highest and lowest points, implications for
apparent weight
2.7
Interactive for 2.6: Highspeed cornering
Chapter 2 review questions
Pearson Reader Chapter 2 Quiz
Week 5
3.1
Newton’s law of universal gravitation, effects of varying
separation of bodies
3.1
3.2
Gravitational fields; gravitational field strength; weight; g–x
graphs; free fall
3.2
3.3
Satellites
3.3
Satellites: natural and artificial; uniform circular orbits and
properties of circular motion applied to natural and artificial
satellites
Satellites
Week 6
3.4
Energy of satellites in circular orbits; f–x graphs, g-x graphs,
work done, stable orbits and energy conservation
3.4
3.5
Apparent weight and perceived weightlessness, conditions
for apparent weightlessness
3.5
Chapter 3 review questions
Pearson Reader Chapter 3 Quiz
Exam-style questions: Motion
(Detailed Worked Solutions to
all questions are available on
Pearson Reader.)
Week 7
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Follow the web destination on Pearson Reader to complete the Motion sections of the VCAA Unit 3 Physics exam papers from 2005
to 2008
Check your answers using the examiner’s reports. Note any questions that you found difficult for revisiting later on.
Add helpful information to your draft A3 summary sheet as you complete this exam practice.
Electronics and photonics
Week No.
Week
8
Section of Physics 12 Key concepts to read about and summarise
3E Enhanced Student
Book
Student questions from
Physics 12 3E Enhanced
Student Book and online
quizzes on Pearson Reader
Interactive lessons,
animations, videos on
Pearson Reader
4.1
4.1
Resistors
Electronics review: potential difference (voltage drop),
current, circuit symbols, Ohm’s law, parallel and series
circuit analysis, measuring voltage, current and resistance
Voltage dividers; resistors; thermistors
Week
9
4.2
Diodes, diode bias and characteristics
4.2
4.3
Voltage characteristics of amplifiers; linear voltage gain;
clipping
4.3
Resistors
Chapter 4 review questions
Pearson Reader Chapter 4 Quiz
Week
10
5.1
Photonics: using light to carry information;
telecommunications growth
5.1
5.2
Optical detectors: LDRs; photodiodes and their I–V
characteristics; phototransistors
5.2
Optical sources: LEDs
Light and current
Week
11
5.3
Designing a telecommunications system: intensity
modulation from an audio signal. Transfer of energy in
analogue form
5.3
Light and current
Light intensity modulation and demodulation
Chapter 5 review questions
Pearson Reader Chapter 5 Quiz
Exam-style questions:
Electronics and photonics
(Detailed Worked Solutions to
all questions are available on
Pearson Reader.)
Week
12
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Follow the web destination on Pearson Reader to complete the Electronics and Photonics sections of the VCAA Unit 3 Physics exam
papers from 2005 to 2008.
Check your answers using the examiner’s reports. Note any questions that you found difficult for revisiting later on.
Add helpful information to your draft A3summary sheet as you complete this exam practice.