Mauritius Session 3
Applications
PAPER 4
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Five Options in 2006 Syllabus
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Option A
Option F
Option M
Option P
Option T
Astrophysics and Cosmology
The Physics of Fluids
Medical Physics
Environmental Physics
Telecommunications
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Three Applications in 2007
Syllabus
• 28 Direct Sensing
• 29 Remote Sensing
• 30 Communicating Information
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Comparative Mark Weightings
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Options - 40 marks
Applications - 30 marks
Two options generated 40 marks
Three applications will only generate 30
marks
• Reduction in subject content
• A more general approach - application
• Understanding and application of basic
Physics still central
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28 DIRECT SENSING
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Sensing devices
The ideal operational amplifier
Operational amplifier circuits
Output devices
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REMOTE SENSING
• Production and use of X-rays
• Production and use of ultrasound
• Use of magnetic resonance as an imaging
technique
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COMMUNICATING
INFORMATION
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Principles of modulation
Sidebands and bandwidth
Transmission of information by digital means
Different channels of communication
Mobile phone network
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Using “old” material
• In the next session you will cross-reference
the Applications of Physics of the 2007
syllabus with the Options Section of the 2006
syllabus
• There is common material in sections 28, 29
and 30
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The Applications Support Book
• How many of you are familiar with this
publication?
• How are you using it?
• As a pupil “text” or as a teacher resource?
• Has extensive background material in order to
give understanding
• Has much exemplar material
• Does not indicate the level of question to be
asked in the examination
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The Applications Support Book
• Available as a publication from CIE
• Printed in black and white only!
• Downloadable from the CIE teachers’ support
site
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How do we teach Applications?
• Do we require a different approach?
• Teaching should mirror the style of the
examination questions
• Some sections can be researched from the
internet and presented by the students
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CIE Discussion Group
• Are you aware of this facility, on-line, from
CIE?
• Many recent requests to the discussion group
have requested more information and further
specimen questions for the Applications
section
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How do we teach Applications?
• You could probably give candidates the
Support Booklet and leave them to learn
sections 28, 29 and 30
But
• We trust and expect you to teach each of
the topics!
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Replies from CIE Examiners
• The most suitable way of teaching this part would
be by means of class discussion, possibly
following a student’s homework involving
(directed) internet searches
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Replies from CIE Examiners
• As Examiners we are constrained by the syllabus
• The Applications Book is merely to help teach
the applications.
• Candidates will not be asked for detailed recall
beyond what the syllabus states
• Candidates may be asked to use data supplied in
the question
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Resources
• Applications Support Book
• As has already been suggested some of the
sections do benefit from extensive use of the
internet
• A scheme of work may be placed on the
teachers’ support site in the near future
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Specimen Paper and Mark
Scheme
• Questions on CD Rom
• Suggested marks projected
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Question 8
• QUESTION ON CD-ROM
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Question 9
• QUESTION ON CD-ROM
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Question 10
• QUESTION ON CD-ROM
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Question 11
• QUESTION ON CD-ROM
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Question 12
• QUESTION ON CD-ROM
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Specimen Questions
• In the next session you will also edit some
Options questions to make them suitable for
the Applications section of the new paper