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Linked to the Compendium Numbering Questions to test your understanding with full worked answers.
I’ll post the worked answers for the Learning outcome questions here. Please let me know if I’ve made a mistake and I’ll correct it….. and a warning- DON’T CHEAT and run to the answers as soon as you get stuck. It wont prepare you for your exam.
Updated 2nd June 2020
Thanks to Mr Dawson from Wallace Hall Academy in D&G for these great resources. Use them well!
Here are some documents for setting exam papers which should be of use for teachers and also give students practise at answering questions from the command words.
My thanks to Mr S Farmer and Mr A Bailey for these.
Mr Dawson has sorted the SQA papers by topic to save time when revising. Don’t rush to the answers until after you’ve completed a whole section.
Thanks to Mr Dawson from Wallace Hall Academy (D&G) for this excellent resource. All your SQA Higher past papers sorted by unit and topic.
February 2020
I’ll be posting the SUMMARY NOTES from the COURSE NOTES here.
With thanks to Mr J Frazer, who took his razor- to my notes!
I can’t find this on the SQA site any more and it was a great document so I hope you find it as useful.
Can you let me know if you’d like to complete a full exam paper after school on 26th March. I will have a full one ready for this date, providing it comes back from the copiers in enough time.
You’ll have Wednesday’s lesson and maybe some of Friday’s lesson and then we will move on. Ensure you’ve completed.
You were asked to write out 10x the meanings of the Standard Model that you got incorrect.
Before you complete your assignment you’ll need to be familiar with how to complete a practical and write up. CLICK ON THE DOWNLOAD button to download a Guide to the Practical Skills Booklet. Hopefully it will be useful to everyone doing HIGHER ASSIGNMENTS.
Many think this has too much on Excel but it can be removed from the word document if you are going to hand plot your graph.
I’d be grateful for feedback on this document and how it can be improved. Thanks.
My thanks to my colleagues at Dumfries High School, Mr Belford and Mr Viola for allowing me to add this flipchart which I have converted into a pdf file (hence the apparent pages of not many changes- it works well on a flipchart) for you to see how to go about an assignment.
In the next few months I’ll be adding details of the new Higher Physics Assignment with starter sheets.
February 2020
Well that didn’t happen did it? I’m on to it now! Until I can get properly up to date how about trying the experimental sheets in the document below which I’ve taken from Outcome 3s of the old Higher Course, for those who remember.
| Topic | Starter Sheet | Additional Help |
|---|---|---|
| OUR DYNAMIC UNIVERSE | ||
| 'g' A | H 'g' a 2018 | |
| 'g' B | H 'g' b 2018 | |
| Slopes | H g from slope 2020 | |
| PARTICLES AND WAVES | ||
| Refraction | H Refraction A 2018 | |
| Critical Angle | H Refraction B 2018 | |
| Planck | H h 2018 | |
| 1/d2 | H 1over d^2 2018 | |
| Half value thickness | H Half Value Thickness 2020 | |
| ELECTRICITY | ||
| A.C. D.C. a | H ACDC a 2018 | |
| A.C. D.C. b | H ACDC b 2018 | |
| Internal Resistance & EMF A | ||
| Internal Resistance & EMF B | ||
| Capacitors A | ||
| Capacitors B | ||
| Capacitors C | ||
| Capacitors D | ||
| Wheatstone Bridge | H Wheatstone 2018 | Wheatstone |
| Op Amps | Op amps | |
This summary is based on the updated information from the SQA. The first two links are for the candidate guide which is produced by the SQA and contains the information that students can access. This can be taken into the reporting stage of your assignment. It is important to check off what you have done at the end of your assignment with the marking instructions. Prior to this it would be a good idea to have gone through the Practical Skills Booklet.
The link below takes you to the full information document which is produced by the SQA. It is a current document. This cannot be taken into the Reporting stage of your assignment, although the document above can.
SQA Higher Physics Assignment.pdf
This assignment is worth 20 marks, contributing 20% to the overall marks for the course assessment. t applies to the assignment for Higher Physics.
| Section | Description | Mark |
|---|---|---|
| Title and structure | An informative title and a structure that can easily be followed. | 1 |
| Aim | A description of the purpose of your investigation. | 1 |
| Underlying physics | A description of the physics relevant to your aim, which shows your understanding. | 3 |
| Data collection and handling | A brief description of an approach used to collect experimental data. | 1 |
| Sufficient raw data from your experiment. | 1 | |
| Data from your experiment, including any mean and/or other derived values, presented in a table with headings and units. | 1 | |
| Numerical or graphical data relevant to your experiment obtained from an internet/literature source, or raw data relevant to your aim obtained from your second experiment. | 1 | |
| A citation for an internet/literature source and the reference listed later in the report. | 1 | |
| Graphical presentation | The axes have suitable scales. | 1 |
| Suitable labels and units on the axes. | 1 | |
| All data points plotted accurately and, where appropriate, line or curve of best fit drawn. | 1 | |
| Uncertainties | Scale reading uncertainties shown for all measurements and random uncertainty in measurements calculated. | 2 |
| Analysis | Analysis Discussion of experimental data. | 1 |
| Conclusion | A conclusion relating to your aim based on all the data in your report. | 1 |
| Evaluation | Three evaluative statements supported by justifications. | 3 |
| Total | 20 |
