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mrmackenzie The blue SQA data booklet we use in class is also available online as a pdf file. It’s a good idea to get familiar with the page(s) for your course as you get to use a copy of the booklet for unit assessments, NABs, prelims and the external exam in May.
Download your own copy of the booklet for use at home by clicking on the link below.
Here is the video we recorded yesterday. I have trimmed the film down to 3 minutes in length so we can focus on the more essential aspects of the “hoover autopsy”. You’ll notice that I have removed all of the conversations we had while the hoover was being filmed.
Your job is to tell me something about the things in the video.
It might be
There are a few ways you can do this.
I uploaded the video to a site called Voicethread. This site allows you to record voice or video clips as well as typing a comment. It will also let you doodle on the video at any point if you need to highlight something. Click on the Voicethread video where it says comment to share something you learned or remembered during the lesson or from the video.
If you choose to leave a comment on Voicethread, use only your 1st name when you sign up to their site and pick a picture or cartoon for your image. Don’t go uploading a photo of yourself – see how I chose to use a picture of a Highland cow instead of my own photo.
The other way to make your contribution is to add a comment straight on to this blog. You can do this by using the comment link next to this blog post. Your comment will go into a queue for me to check it is not spam, so don’t expect it to go on to the blog straight away.
If you want to keep a copy of the video, feel free to click on the download link below.
For those of you who are considering this qualification, SQA released some more information on the new Science Baccalaureate over the summer. I’ve attached a pdf document that gives some exemplar baccalaureate documentation so you can get an idea of the expectations for the qualification.
I think this might be a saccharimeter. I checked both eyepieces using a piece of polaroid and each of them contains a polarising element. The label on the base says “Griffin & George”. There is an extra label below this, that states “No.7709”.
Here is an example of a vector problem where we use a scale diagram to find the displacement of an object.
You can watch the video using the player, click on the download button to save it to your computer or watch it in iTunes if you have subscribed to the podcast.
Vector Scale Diagrams from mr mackenzie on Vimeo.
If you want to improve the accuracy of your scale diagrams;
Here is your HW on uncertainties. Please do this in the back of your classwork jotter as the HW jotters have not arrived yet. Please hand in your HW no later than 25th June.
Hands up for Mr Mallon!
He’s shared another last minute example, this time it’s an internal resistance problem for Higher Physics.
I’ve used some study leave time to complete the set of questions I said I would give you for your mobile phone. From the class survey, it looks like 240 pixels wide by 320 pixels high is the ideal size for one of these. There are 18 questions, “stolen” from some very old SQA multiple choice papers I found in a cupboard. I’ve tweaked a couple of them to bring them up to date with the current course content.
To use the questions on your phone:
*make sure your phone displays them in numerical order, i.e. Q0010.jpg, then Q0011.jpg, etc. – otherwise you’ll get the answer before the question!
I had to send the files individually by bluetooth because my bluetooth program reversed their order. You might need to check which order your bluetooth or usb transfer uses & send them in the wrong order to get it right on your phone. Ask me if you’re still not sure how to do this.
Here’s a sample question:
