A set of videos to help you write up your advanced higher project report.
In this section I’ll add information about how to write up your AH Project. Here is the first installment. Nothing great, but just to set up your document so that you gain the Structure mark
Being edited!
If you’ve time this is a great little document from Queen’s University Belfast,
Some really important information before starting out on your project. Plus some references you might wish to consult.
An adaptation of Tom Balanowski’s notes by Mr Bailey. This is a useful guide to teachers preparing students for their AH Physics Project. PLANNING is the KEY.
If you are not familiar with Excel can I recommend you spending a bit of time looking over the post in the BGE section (link below). I’ll add a further advanced part for you below.
Other packages are available and some are more robust such as R but I am not sure whether I will introduce that to you now.
https://www.mrsphysics.co.uk/advanced/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Hookes-Law-Table-in-Excel.mp4
Note Document 6772 IS NOT CURRENT. It is based on AH from 2000-2015, but it does contain some useful hints, tricks and examples. Caveat emptor!Episode 228 – The Young modulus_0
episode-229-1-analysis-of-tensile-testing-experiments
Here is a link to a presentation that I gave for the IoP on AH Uncertainties.
The slides are 1GB, so you might want to ask me to share those some other way. Here is a pdf of the slides, including example SQA Uncertainty questions
Below is attached various useful documents to assist you in this vital part of the course. It is when you begin to use this material when going through your own experiments that it will become clear. Take time to read and understand it.
AH uncertainties summary notes 2013 These are a great set of notes produced by SSERC.
Here is a pdf of the talk I did for Physics teachers on Uncertainties in AH Physics. If you want the powerpoint you’ll need to get in touch as it is 1GB!
Below is the presentation. It was made for teachers, but there are quite a few bits suitable for students. Maybe I should edit it for students. Let me know..
UPSN Uncerts These are the content statements covering this topic from the May 2016 Course Support Notes.
AH physics graphical uncertainties
Uncertainties notes Mrs Physics’ AH Uncertainty Notes based on the pdf file by N Fancey and G Millar.
AH uncertainties experiments 2013 Experiment sheets produced by SSERC.
AH uncertainties tutorial 2013 Questions from Robert Gordon College.
AH uncertainties tutorial solutions 2013 The solutions from Robert Gordon College. Q1 updated. I’ll need to check through the rest.
Use this document very sparingly, it is not compatible with some of the AH mark scheme, especially in that it recommends you always round UP in an uncertainty. This is NOT what you should do at AH.- You’ve been warned! Contact me if you have concerns.
Reading the Vernier Scale on the Travelling Microscope
Hope these help you through your course. I suggest you read them through several times and quite carefully.
Here is a link to a presentation I gave for the IoP on AH Uncertainties. It is worth AH students checking it out.
December 2020
