NAME:__________________________Teacher Code______
YEAR 12 Physics 2014
COURSE INFORMATION BOOKLET
YEAR 12 PHYSICS 2014
TERM ONE
TERM TWO
1 27 Jan
Course Confirmation
Day 1 Teacher Only Day
Year 9 Orientation
Year 9 Orientation
5 May
2 3 Feb Whole School
12 May
(total 380 half-days)
TERM THREE
TERM FOUR
21 July
13 Oct
28 July
20 Oct
AS2.3 WAVES
REVISION
Waitangi Day
17 May
3 10 Feb
19 May
4 Aug
27 Oct
Labour Day
AS2.6 CONTINUED
AS2.5 ATOMIC
PHYSICS
4 17 Feb
26 May
11 Aug
3 Nov
5 24 Feb
2 Jun Queens Birthday
18 Aug
10 Nov NCEA BEGINS
6 3 Mar
9 Jun
25 Aug
17 Nov
7 10 Mar
16 Jun
Mid Term Break
4
24 Nov
8 Sep
1 Dec
15 Sep School Exams
8 Dec
AS2.4 MECHANICS
AS2.6 ELECTROMAGNETISM
/AS2.1 NON-LINEAR
PRACTICAL
PRACTICAL
Mid Term
Break
8 17 Mar Mid Term Break
23 Jun
Feast Day
9 24 Mar
30 Jun
End of Year
Last day of Term
10 31 Mar
22 Sep Last Day School Exams
Last day of Term
11 7 Apr
12
14 Apr
Last day Good
of Term
Friday
Holy Thursday
108 half-days
88 half-days
98 half-days
86 half-days
Assessment Calendar Summary
Achievement
Standard
Title
INT/
EXT
Details
Time
2.5
Atomic Physics
INT
2.1
Carry out a practical
investigation to test a physics
theory relating two variables in a
non-linear relationship
Mechanical systems
INT
1 /2 period
assessment.
4 period
assessment
Term 1
Week 7
Term 2
1 period
practice test
School
exams
Term 2
1 period
practice test
School
exams.
1 period
practice test
School
exams
Term 2
2.4
2.3
Wave systems
2.6
Electrical systems.
EXT
EXT
EXT
Week 2
Week 1
Week 5
Term 3
Week 4
Level 2 Physics 2014
Internally Assessed Achievement Standards
This year the course includes 2 internally assessed Achievement Standards.
AS91168
Version 1
AS 91172
Version 1
AS 2.1
Carry out a practical physics investigation that leads
to a non-linear mathematical relationship
4 credits
AS 2.5
Demonstrate understanding of atomic and nuclear
3 credits
physics
Term 2
Week 2
Term 1
Week 7
These assessments are part of the formal assessment for your NCEA. This means that if you are absent you need to
apply for a formal special consideration from Mrs Pigou. You will require a Medical Certificate and will need to
provide evidence of your achievement by attending the catch up opportunity. If this is not possible you will NOT be
able to be given credit for the Achievement Standard. As for any national assessment you must attend the
assessment events to gain credit. There is no second opportunity for Achievement Standards.
Externally Assessed Achievement Standards
The following external Achievement standards will be offered in 2014.
AS91170
Version 1
AS91171
Version 1
AS91173
Version 1
AS 2.3
Demonstrate understanding of wave
4 credits
AS 2.4
Demonstrate understanding of mechanics
6 credits
AS 2.6
Demonstrate understanding of electricity and
electromagnetism
6 credits
At the end of each unit there will be a knowledge test with NCEA style questions. These will provide practice
assessment and be a guide to your progress.
In September there will be a formal school exam, which will cover the externally assessed achievement standards in
a similar format to the External Exam. The results from these formal assessments will be used in if a derived grade is
required for the external NCEA exams in November. However if they have not been sat, the student will not be able
to gain a derived grade in Chemistry for NCEA.
Return of Assessments
As soon as it is practical, assessments will be returned to students and gone over in class. Students are encouraged
to ask for clarification and follow the school guidelines if there any problems. A written application for
reconsideration can be made within 1 week of the return of the assessment. Each student will have a file stored by
the teacher in which all assessments will be filed. Under no circumstances will these be allowed to go home. They
are available at school for students to use for revision.
Assessment material may be required for moderation by NZQA.
Homework
To achieve in Physics it is necessary to work steadily all year. Homework will be set. When formal work is not set you
are expected to complete the exercises from your text. With each unit some task will be assigned in class and some
will be completed at home. There will be a due date set when the tasks are to be finished and the tasks will be
checked to monitor your progress.
Regular homework is expected and it is your responsibility to develop good habits.
Achievement Standard 2.1
Subject Reference
Physics 2.1
Title
Carry out a practical physics investigation that leads to a non-linear
mathematical relationship
Level
2
Subfield
Science
Domain
Physics
Credits
4
Assessment
Internal
Status
Registered
Status date
17 November 2011
Planned review date
31 December 2014
Date version published
17 November 2011
This achievement standard involves carrying out a practical physics investigation that leads to a non-linear
mathematical relationship.
Achievement Criteria
Achievement
Achievement with Merit
Achievement with Excellence
 Carry out a practical physics
investigation that leads to a
non-linear mathematical
relationship.
 Carry out an in-depth practical
physics investigation that leads
to a non-linear mathematical
relationship.
 Carry out a comprehensive
practical physics investigation
that leads to a non-linear
mathematical relationship.
Explanatory Notes
1
Carry out a practical physics investigation involves:
 collecting data relevant to the aim based on the manipulation of the independent variable over a
reasonable range and number of values
 drawing a graph that shows the relationship between the independent and dependent variables
 writing a conclusion which describes the type of mathematical relationship that exists between the
variables.
Carry out an in-depth practical physics investigation involves:
 controlling the variable(s) that could have a significant effect on the results
 using technique(s) that increase the accuracy of the measured values of the dependent (and independent,
if appropriate) variable
 writing a conclusion that describes the mathematical relationship obtained from the experimental data.
Carry out a comprehensive practical physics investigation involves writing a discussion that addresses critical
issues such as:





2
a reason why there is a limit to either end of the value chosen for the independent variable
a justification for why a variable needs to be controlled
a description of any difficulties encountered when making measurements and how these difficulties were
overcome
the relationship between the findings and physics ideas
a description of any unexpected results and a suggestion of how they could have been caused and/or the
effect they had on the validity of the conclusion.
A practical physics investigation is an activity that includes gathering, processing and interpreting data.
Achievement Standard 2.5
Subject Reference
Physics 2.5
Title
Demonstrate understanding of atomic and nuclear physics
Level
2
Subfield
Science
Domain
Physics
Credits
3
Assessment
Internal
Status
Registered
Status date
17 November 2011
Planned review date
31 December 2014
Date version published
17 November 2011
This achievement standard involves demonstrating understanding of atomic and nuclear physics.
Achievement Criteria
Achievement
 Demonstrate understanding
of atomic and nuclear physics.
Achievement with Merit
Achievement with Excellence
 Demonstrate in-depth
understanding of atomic and
nuclear physics.
 Demonstrate comprehensive
understanding of atomic and
nuclear physics.
Explanatory Notes
1. Demonstrate understanding involves writing statements that show an awareness of how simple facets of
phenomena, concepts or principles relate to a described situation.
Demonstrate in-depth understanding involves writing statements that give reasons why phenomena, concepts
or principles relate to a described situation. For mathematical solutions, the information may not be directly
usable or immediately obvious.
Demonstrate comprehensive understanding involves writing statements that demonstrate understanding of
connections between concepts.
3
Written statements include mathematical solutions and/or descriptions. Descriptions may include graphs or
diagrams.
4
Assessment typically includes:
 models of the atom (Thomson and Rutherford), gold foil experiment
 nuclear transformations: radioactive decay (half life), fission and fusion reactions
 conservation of atomic and mass number
 products of nuclear transformation: power generation, E = mc2, P = E/t, properties of nuclear emissions
(ionising ability, penetration ability).
Achievement Standard 2.3
Subject Reference
Physics 2.3
Title
Demonstrate understanding of waves
Level
2
Subfield
Science
Domain
Physics
Credits
4
Assessment
External
Status
Registered
Status date
17 November 2011
Planned review date
31 December 2014
Date version published
17 November 2011
This achievement standard involves demonstrating understanding of waves.
Achievement Criteria
Achievement
Achievement with Merit
Achievement with Excellence
 Demonstrate understanding
of waves.
 Demonstrate in-depth
understanding of waves.
 Demonstrate comprehensive
understanding of waves.
Explanatory Notes
1
Demonstrate understanding involves writing statements that show an awareness of how simple facets of
phenomena, concepts or principles relate to a described situation.
Demonstrate in-depth understanding involves writing statements that give reasons why phenomena, concepts
or principles relate to a described situation. For mathematical solutions, the information may not be directly
usable or immediately obvious.
Demonstrate comprehensive understanding involves writing statements that demonstrate understanding of
connections between concepts.
2
Written statements include mathematical solutions and/or descriptions. Descriptions may include graphs or
diagrams.
3
Assessment is limited to a selection from the following:
Light:
 reflection in curved mirrors
 refraction through lenses
 refraction
 total internal reflection
 critical angle at a plane boundary.
Waves:
 reflection and refraction at a plane boundary including phase and wave parameter changes if applicable
 superposition of pulses
 diffraction through a slit
 2-point source interference (qualitative).
Relationships:
1 1
1
or s i so = f 2


f do di
n1 sin1  n2 sin 2
m=
n1 v 2 λ 2


n2 v 1 λ 1
v =f λ
d i hi
f si
=
=
or m =
d o ho
so f
f 
1
T
v
d
t
Achievement Standard 2.4
Subject Reference
Physics 2.4
Title
Demonstrate understanding of mechanics
Level
2
Subfield
Science
Domain
Physics
Credits
6
Assessment
External
Status
Registered
Status date
17 November 2011
Planned review date
31 December 2014
Date version published
17 November 2011
This achievement standard involves demonstrating understanding of mechanics.
Achievement Criteria
Achievement
Achievement with Merit
Achievement with Excellence
 Demonstrate understanding
of mechanics.
 Demonstrate in-depth
understanding of mechanics.
 Demonstrate comprehensive
understanding of mechanics.
Explanatory Notes
1 Demonstrate understanding involves writing statements that show an awareness of how simple facets of
phenomena, concepts or principles relate to a described situation.
Demonstrate in-depth understanding involves writing statements that give reasons why phenomena, concepts
or principles relate to a described situation. For mathematical solutions, the information may not be directly
usable or immediately obvious.
Demonstrate comprehensive understanding involves writing statements that demonstrate understanding of
connections between concepts.
2
3
Written statements include mathematical solutions and/or descriptions. Descriptions may include graphs or
diagrams.
Assessment is limited to a selection from the following:
Motion:
 constant acceleration in a straight line
 free fall under gravity
 projectile motion
 circular motion (constant speed with one force only providing centripetal force).
Force:
 force components
 vector addition of forces
 unbalanced force and acceleration
 equilibrium (balanced forces and torques)
 centripetal force
 force and extension of a spring.
Momentum and Energy:
 momentum
 change in momentum in one dimension and impulse
 impulse and force
 conservation of momentum in one dimension
 work
 power and conservation of energy
 elastic potential energy.
Relationships:
v=
Δd
Δt
a
v f  v i  at
v
t
d  v i t  12 at 2
vi  vf
t
2
v2
ac 
r
p  mv
Δ p = FΔ t
Ep 
Ek  12 mv2
d
1
2
2
kx
v f  v i  2ad
2
2
W
t
W  Fd
P
F = ma
  Fd
F = - kx
Fc 
mv 2
r
Δ E p = mgΔ h
Achievement Standard 2.6
Subject Reference
Physics 2.6
Title
Demonstrate understanding of electricity and electromagnetism
Level
2
Subfield
Science
Domain
Physics
Credits
6
Assessment
External
Status
Registered
Status date
17 November 2011
Planned review date
31 December 2014
Date version published
17 November 2011
This achievement standard involves demonstrating understanding of electricity and electromagnetism.
Achievement Criteria
Achievement
Achievement with Merit
Achievement with Excellence
 Demonstrate understanding of
electricity and
electromagnetism.
 Demonstrate in-depth
understanding of electricity
and electromagnetism.
 Demonstrate comprehensive
understanding of electricity and
electromagnetism.
Explanatory Notes
1
2
Demonstrate understanding involves writing statements that show an awareness of how simple facets of
phenomena, concepts or principles relate to a described situation.
Demonstrate in-depth understanding involves writing statements that give reasons why phenomena, concepts
or principles relate to a described situation. For mathematical solutions, the information may not be directly
usable or immediately obvious.
Demonstrate comprehensive understanding involves writing statements that demonstrate understanding of
connections between concepts.
Written statements include mathematical solutions and/or descriptions. Descriptions may include graphs or
diagrams.
3
Assessment is limited to a selection from the following:
Static Electricity:
 uniform electric field
 electric field strength
 force on a charge in an electric field
 electric potential energy
 work done on a charge moving in an electric field.
DC Electricity:
 parallel circuits with resistive component(s) in series with the source
 circuit diagrams
 voltage
 current
 resistance
 energy
 power.
Electromagnetism:
 force on a current carrying conductor in a magnetic field
 force on charged particles moving in a magnetic field
 induced voltage generated across a straight conductor moving in a uniform magnetic field.
Relationships:
E=
V
d
F  BIL
I=
q
t
F = Eq
Δ E p = Eqd
F  Bqv
V  BvL
V=
RT  R1  R2  ...
ΔE
q
V  IR
1
1
1


 ...
RT R1 R2
Ek  12 mv2
P  IV
P=
ΔE
t
STUDY TECHNIQUES THAT WORK
1. Self –Testing -Quizzing Yourself Gets High marks
Practice tests are done by students on their own outside of class. Methods might include using
flash cards (physical or digital) to test recall or answering questions, for example assignments
or end of chapter questions. Cornell system:- During in-class note taking make a column on
one edge of your notes and write down key terms and questions which can be answer later.
2. Distributing Practice – For best results, spread your study over time.
Distribute learning over time is more effective than cramming. Complete questions not in
groups but interspersed. Plan ahead and overcome the common student tendency to
procrastinate. Longer intervals are generally more effective. To remember something for one
week, learning episodes should be 12 to 24 hours apart; to remember something for five years
they should be spaced 6 to 12 months apart.
3. Elaborative Interrogation – Channel Your Inner Four Year Old.
Learners produce explanations for facts by promoting students to answer “Why” questions.
4. Self-Explanation –How Do I know.
Students generate explanations of what they learn, reviewing their mental processing with
questions eg “What new information does the sentence provide you?” Similar to elaborative
interrogation, self-explanation may help integrate new information with prior knowledge.
5. Interleaved Practice –Mixing Apples and Oranges
Instead of finishing one topic or one type of questions before moving on, to the next,
alternate the variety of types of information or problems.
RECORD OF ACHIEVEMENT
To helps you to keep track of your credits and encourage you to aim for the HIGHEST grade.
Standard
2.5
2.4
2.5
2.1
2.6
Result
Obtained
Result I
wish
to aim for
What I need to work on to achieve the grade I want.