Standard Grade

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Holidays are here!

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Enjoy your Easter holiday but remember that you need to use this time to get through a lot of revision in all your Standard Grade subjects, not just Physics.

I have updated the S4 Revision page by adding Space Physics notes plus new revision material and worked examples for the Energy and Transport units. Everything you need to pass Physics should be available on the page now.

If you have any questions about your revision why not leave a comment for me on the revision page and I will try to answer it for you.

Generating Electricity

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Someone asked me about the animation I used last week when we were looking at the generation of electricity. The file is a java applet, this means you will need to install java on your computer if you do not have it already. You can view the animation here.  If it won’t run for you, try downloading the free java software.

S4 Transport – extra notes about forces and energy

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We’ve completed the unit of Transport now. I have uploaded the summary notes we went through on forces, work, power and energy. I’ve also made up 2 sets of notes to show you how to work your way through different types of problems based on potential and kinetic energy. All of the documents are pdf files.

forces

work, power and energy

potential energy examples

kinetic energy examples

S3 – Telecommunications unit tests

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Here’s a reminder of the dates we agreed in class for the end of section tests on Telecommunications.

General test – Tuesday 6 February
Credit test – Wednesday 7 February

During the week prior to the tests you will be given some time in class to try questions from previous exams.

Free physics software for THS pupils!

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The Physics department has purchased a 1 year site license for a really smart software package called Crocodile Physics.  The terms of the license allow any pupil in the school to download a copy for home use.  If you are interested, mac and windows versions of the software can be obtained by going to www.crocodilia.com and logging in with the user name “student.thurso” and the password your teacher will give you (I can’t publish the password here).  Select Crocodile Physics from the drop-down menu and log in.  Go to the download section to get your copy of the software.

The site also contains sample models for you to download and try out.  Ask me if you want to know more about them.

How TV works

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In the past week, we’ve been looking at picture tubes to see how images are formed in a TV set.  Today we started to look at how a TV produces a colour image.  If you would like to look again at the web page I used in class, you can find it here.

S4 Prelims

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The prelims are coming!

I’ve created a page on this site to help you prepare for the exams.  Go to the top of the page and click on the link that says S4 revision or just click here.