Both Year 11 Physics Classes are required to submit their Practical Investigation by the end of the school day on Friday the 16th of November (ie. 3:15pm). The class room will be locked and vacated by 3:20pm.

Students are required to submit the following items:

• Practical logbook
• Scientific Poster (electronic format such as power point or pdf)

There has been three weeks of class time allocated.  As such, students are expected to meet the deadline.  Special provision is of course available to all students.  However this will require documentation, a formal application and a scheduled interview with the appropriate house coordinator.

Unit 2 Physics Exam

• Thursday the 29th of November
• Kildare Hall, Lavalla Catholic College
• Reading commences: 11:15am
• Writing commences: 11:25am
• Pens down: 12:55pm

Students are permitted to bring pens , pencils, rulers, a scientific calculator, erasers and higlighters.  Students are also permitted to bring a single sided A4 summary sheet.

Year 10 Physics Exam

• Thursday the 29th of November
• Kildare Hall, Lavalla Catholic College
• Reading commences: 11:15am
• Writing commences: 11:25am
• Pens down: 12:55pm

Students are permitted to bring pens , pencils, rulers, a scientific calculator, erasers and higlighters.  Students are also permitted to bring a single sided A4 summary sheet.

Year 10 Electricity Topic Test

• Wednesday the 20th of March, 2018
• Room 6
• Period 3
• Written test –  multiple choice & short answer
• 50 minutes duration
• single sided A4 summary sheet is allowed

This test will assess the content covered in the Electricity topic.  It will cover content up to and including Ohm’s Law.  Effectively Notes 10.1.1 to Notes 10.1.6 inclusive.

Assessment Task 1- An annotated folio of practical activities

• Friday 22nd March, 2019
• Period 3
• Room 6
• 50 minutes duration
• Written analysis of a collection of 4 practical investigations
• A student practical logbook is permitted

This assessment task requires each student to bring their logbook and to answer specific questions related to the four investigations undertaken in class.  Students will be required to submit their logbook upon completing the  task.

Year 11 Physics SAC – Electricity Topic Test

• Monday the 20th of May
• Area of Study 2 “How do electric circuits work?”
• 5 minutes reading & 50 minutes writing
• Written test format

Students are permitted to bring a single sided A4 summary sheet, a scientific calculator, and the typical pens, pencils, erasers etc.

Students will be supplied with a copy of the 2018 NEAP Physics Exam Formula & Data Sheet

Students are encouraged to prepare for this SAC by completing the following tasks:

• Handouts 1.2.1 – 1.2.3
• Edrolo topic exam 1
• Edrolo topic exam 2
• Reviewing any practice Physics exam papers and examination reports

Year 11 Physics SAC – “What is matter and how is it formed?” Topic Test

• Tuesday the 18th of June
• Area of Study 3 “What is matter and how is it formed?”
• 5 minutes reading & 50 minutes writing
• Written test format

Students are permitted to bring a single sided A4 summary sheet, a scientific calculator, and the typical pens, pencils, erasers etc.

Students will be supplied with a copy of the 2018 NEAP Physics Exam Formula & Data Sheet

Students are encouraged to prepare for this SAC by completing the following tasks:

• Handouts 1.3.1 – 1.3.4
• Edrolo topic exam 1
• Edrolo topic exam 2
• Reviewing any practice Physics exam papers and examination reports

Year 10 Electricity Topic Test

• Wednesday the 19th of June, 2019
• Room 6
• Period 3
• Written test –  short answer format
• 50 minutes duration
• single sided A4 summary sheet is allowed

This test will assess the content covered in the Motion topic.  It will cover content covered in Notes 10.2.1 to Notes 10.2.6 inclusive. Topics include:

• Distance and displacement
• Position-Time graphs
• Velocity-Time graphs
• Unit conversions from m/s to km/h and vice versa
• Average speed and average velocity
• Average acceleration
• Basic ticker timer calculations
• Equations of constant acceleration
• Energy forms
• Energy conversions

The Year 10 Science – Physics Exam is scheduled for  Tuesday the 25th June in the Kildare Hall commencing at 8:50am and finishing at 10:30am.  Details as follows:

Allowed materials

• A4 summary sheet (double sided) – hand written/typed/photocopied
• A scientific calculator
• Pens, pencils, highlighters and erasers
• Ruler

Material provided

• Exam question & answer booklet
• Exam formula & data sheet
• Exam front cover

Topic 1 Electricity (Notes 10.1.1 – Notes 10.1.7)

• Definitions of voltage and current
• Scientific notation (mA, kV, MΩ)
• Series & parallel circuits; calculations of voltage and current
• Measuring voltage and current using analog meters
• Calculation of effective resistance
• Resistance colour coding; determining the resistance of an unknown resistance
• Ohm’s Law; graph analysis and equation calculation
• Electrical power; P=VI & E=Pt, calculation of the cost of power consumption

Topic 2 Motion (Notes 10.2.1 – Notes 10.2.6)

• Distance and displacement
• Position-Time graphs; calculation of velocity and displacement
• Velocity-Time graphs; calculation of acceleration and displacement
• Unit conversions from m/s to km/h and vice versa
• Average speed and average velocity
• Average acceleration
• Basic ticker timer calculations; calculation of velocity
• Equations of constant acceleration
• Energy forms; kinetic energy, gravitational potential energy & strain potential energy
• Energy conversions

Year 11 Physics SAC 1A – “How can motion be described and explained?” Topic Test

• Wednesday the 7th of August
• Area of Study 1 “How can motion be described and explained?”
• 5 minutes reading & 50 minutes writing
• Written test format

Students are permitted to bring a single sided A4 summary sheet, a scientific calculator, and the typical pens, pencils, erasers etc.

Students will be supplied with a copy of the 2018 NEAP Physics Exam Formula & Data Sheet

Students are encouraged to prepare for this SAC by completing the following tasks:

• Handouts 2.1.1 – 1.1.3
• Edrolo videos:
  • Concepts used to model motion
  •  Constant acceleration
  • Motion Graphs
• 2016 practice test (solutions available on website)