Before you do your assignment for real, check out the practical skills booklet, containing everything you need to know to create a great assignment. For teachers: this is what is allowed in to the write up phase Here are some sample assignment links How to record your relationships! ………No not with your friends etc, but...
Read MoreBefore 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...
Read MorePrior to the CfE Higher, the Revised Higher there was the HSDU Higher (running from 2000). There are a few things we can learn for the new Assignment. This is in the public domain, but don’t think that copying any of this will be of any good as markers know about this material, and the...
Read MoreSome of you might like to do an assignment on Planck’s Constant or LEDs or both! Here are some tips…. http://www.sserc.org.uk/1345-plancks-constant-finding-it-using-leds328 Plancks_Constant_with_LEDs Check out the Perimeter Institute for detailed explanation etc. Please be aware of the limits to this experiment- but its all a good information for the evaluation. Appendix A Potentiometers, LEDs, and Viewing...
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A point light source will spreads its energy equally in all directions. Therefore if you wanted to find all of the points in space where the energy was of the same intensity you would have to draw a sphere around the source point. The bigger the radius of the sphere the greater the ‘surface’ over...
Read MoreBelow are some links and documents for the Researching Physics dealing with measurement of the acceleration due to gravity. http://practicalphysics.org/measurement-g-using-electronic-timer.html http://www.practicalphysics.org/acceleration-due-gravity.html https://revisionworld.com/a2-level-level-revision/physics/fields-0/gravitational-fields-0 The information below is based on the material found from the website above. TBC! Fields A field is a region of space where forces are exerted on objects with certain properties. Three types...
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