Category: Intermediate 2

improve your describe or explain answers

By mrmackenzie, August 31, 2010 10:42 pm

Most classes have done some work recently on improving answers to the kind of questions that ask you to describe/explain/justify.  I haven’t saved all of the mindmaps that have been produced but this one is fairly typical of the responses generated by a class.  There is a pdf version available to download.

4.4 half-life calculations

By mrmackenzie, August 31, 2010 10:28 pm

We have almost completed the health physics unit and have spent some time in class practising half-life problems.  You might find the attached instructions helpful as you prepare for the unit test.

using frequency to remove vuvuzela noise

By mrmackenzie, June 30, 2010 9:50 pm

The Physics experts at Sixty Symbols have been playing with a vuvuzela.  Here is a film showing their experiments on frequency and sound filtering.

Intermediate2 past paper – 2004

By mrmackenzie, May 18, 2010 9:15 am

Here is the Intermediate 2 Physics paper from 2004.  I have not got the answers.

This paper is reproduced to support SQA qualifications on a non-commercial basis according to SQA conditions of use.

Intermediate2 past paper – 2003

By mrmackenzie, May 15, 2010 10:57 am

Here is the Intermediate 2 Physics paper from 2003.  I have not got the answers.

This paper is reproduced to support SQA qualifications on a non-commercial basis according to SQA conditions of use.

Intermediate2 past paper – 2002

By mrmackenzie, May 13, 2010 5:38 pm

Here is the Intermediate 2 Physics paper from 2002.  I have not got the answers.

This paper is reproduced to support SQA qualifications on a non-commercial basis according to SQA conditions of use.

input devices in a voltage divider

By mrmackenzie, April 26, 2010 10:47 am

This powerpoint file from the High School of Glasgow summarises the function of different electronic components and explains their use in common voltage divider circuits.  There is a pdf version of the file below.

Newton III in action – continued

By mrmackenzie, April 24, 2010 9:11 pm

This amazing footage of the Saturn V rocket launch for the Apollo11 moon landing mission has been put online by Mark Gray.  The video provides an extra dimension to the launch photograph in my earlier post about Newton’s 3rd law of motion.  While that picture shows an enormous plume of gas being forced out of each rocket exhaust, the video below demonstrates the heat of the gases and the effect they have on the structure of the launch pad itself.

Apollo 11 Saturn V Launch (HD) Camera E-8 from Mark Gray on Vimeo.

ray diagram (>2f) ipod version

By mrmackenzie, April 13, 2010 6:15 pm

Here is the ipod video version of the ray diagram tutorial for objects more than 2 focal lengths from the lens.

ray diagram – object further than 2f

By mrmackenzie, April 13, 2010 6:10 pm

This post is for Intermediate 2 only.

The final situation we need to consider is when the object is located more than two focal lengths away from the convex lens.  The diagram is similar to the previous examples but needs additional points marked on the optic axis.

ray diagram for distance > 2f from mr mackenzie on Vimeo.

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