If you are an Advancing Physics student at Gosford (or elsewhere - welcome!) you can find help with various parts of the course in this part of the site.

Alternatively visit the Teachers Section.

What have you lost? Here are the pieces of paper that get handed out... just print out what you need.

Copy of the checklist that goes on inside cover of your homework book

What am I doing when, and with whom? Click here!

Paper

Paper

% of A2

AS Paper 1

Physics in Action (1 hour)

15%

AS Paper 2

Understanding Processes, Experimentation and Data Handling (2 hours)

25%

AS coursework

Physics in Practice

10%

A2 Paper 1

Rise and Fall of the Clockwork Universe (1 hour 15 minutes)

15%

A2 Paper 2

Field and Particle Pictures (2 hours)

25%

A2 coursework

Researching Physics

10%

 

Help with individual chapters:

The Advancing Physics AS course: updated  

Physics in Action
Chapter 1 - Imaging
Chapter 2 - Sensing
Chapter 3 - Signalling
Chapter 4 - Testing Materials
Chapter 5 - Looking inside Materials

Understanding Processes
Chapter 6 - Wave behaviour
Chapter 7 - Quantum behaviour
Chapter 8 - Mapping Space and Time
Chapter 9 - Computing the Next Move
The Advancing Physics A2 course:new!

Killing Fields
Chapter 15 - Electromagnetic Machines
Chapter 16 - Charge and Field (incl Relativity)
Chapter 17 - Probing Deep into Matter
Chapter 18 - Ionising Radiation and Risk

 

Learning outcomes - ASupdated  
Physics in Action
Chapter 1 - Imaging
Chapter 2 - Sensing
Chapter 3 - Signalling
Chapter 4 - Testing Materials
Chapter 5 - Looking inside Materials		 Understanding Processes
Chapter 6 - Wave behaviour
Chapter 7 - Quantum behaviour
Chapter 8 - Mapping Space and Time
Chapter 9 - Computing the Next Move

Learning outcomes - A2updated

Killing Fields
Chapter 15 - Electromagnetic Machines
Chapter 16 - Charge and Field
Chapter 17 - Probing Deep into Matter
Chapter 18 - Ionising Radiation and Risk

Help with coursework...

AS Courseworkupdated

Physics in Use (10 marks)
A presentation on the use, properties and structure of a material.
(this is done in the last two weeks in November)

 Quality of measurement (20 marks)
A report of a measurement or study of a physical relationship, with attention paid to improving the quality of measurement and making valid inferences from data.
(this is done in the middle of March)
Briefing sheet for giving talks

Information pack for students

GHS physics links (don't forget to come back!) List of topics
Mark scheme Mark scheme
Advice on giving presentations Checklist for your report
Web links for Physics in Use coursework See also section about using Excel
Planning sheet Dealing with uncertainties and errors
  Practice activity relating to data analysis

A2 Courseworknew!

Research Briefing (10 marks)
A short written (max 2000 words) and verbal report based on work summarising an area of physics of your choosing. You need to be able to defend or explain the ideas under questioning. 		Practical Investigation (20 marks)
A report on an extended investigation of a practical problem relating to physics or its applications.
R & R booklet Investigation booklet (including stuff about errors)
Writing up checklist How to write it up
Mark scheme Mark scheme
Aims and summaries of previous student's work (don't forget to come back!) Aims and summaries of previous student's work (don't forget to come back!)
You will be starting your research in June/July and we will be interviewing you when you return in September about the research that you have done.
You will present the report at the end of term 1. 		Your investigation will be completed in the last two weeks of the Autumn term.

General information and help:

The whole AS course on two sides of A4 The whole A2 course on two sides of A4
Getting used to the CD-ROM - an activity for you to try Getting started with Excel - Web page?
The physics booklist? Getting started with Excel (Word Document)?
The physics booklist (Word document)? Getting started with Excel (Excel spreadsheet)?
List of quantities, symbols and units (AS) List of quantities, symbols and units (A2)

These materials may be used by any Advancing Physics teacher or student (educational use only).

Alternatively visit the Teachers Section


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