This homework is a great introduction to the N5 Assignment, which is worth 20% of your exam.
National 5 PHYSICS Assignment starters
Answer the following Questions from the Understanding Standards website
SQA – Understanding Standards: Introduction
It is important that you spend an adequate time on this homework (an hour is advised). If you complete this thoroughly you ought to have a good grasp of what is required for the Assignment at National 5.
- List the five 2023 experiments that have been given as examples for the N5 Physics Assignment, and the further 5 from the 2018 experiments.
- In the marking instructions for the assignment how many marks are available for the underlying Physics?
- What are the six sections in the data collection and handling (and I donāt want 4a, 4b, 4c and 4d! BTW it isn’t even section 4)
- Section 3e and 3f refer to literature and sources. State how you achieve these marks.
- What are the marks awarded for when plotting your graph?
- To achieve the mark for the conclusion, to what must your conclusionĀ relate?
- For candidate 1, how many repeats of the experiment did they make?
- What did candidate 1 do correctly for the graph and what was incorrect?
- Mark Candidate 2ās evidence (2023, “How changing the resistance effects current in a series circuit”) thoroughly yourself using the marking scheme and compare your answer to the commentary. Record your results and the comparison. Comment on both of these.
- CHOOSE a topic that would be suitable using the Physics Compendium https://mrsphysics.co.uk/n5/Ā Research some Underlying Physics and find a suitable graph that you can try to replicate.
February 2025
When it says candidate 1, does it mean the first candidate in workshop one, two, or three, or the candidate 1 on the left that did ‘range of projectiles’?
Yes the first candidate in each workshop, but they aren’t the same candidate.