Calendar
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.
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 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)
Year 11 Physics SAC 1B – “How can motion be described and explained?” Topic Test
- Wednesday the 18th of September
- 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 2.1.4 – 2.1.8
- Edrolo videos:
- Effects of a force
- Newton’s laws
- Work done & Hooke’s law
- Torque
- Energy & power
- Momentum & collisions
- 2018 practice test (solutions available via email)
- Edrolo Topic exam 1
- Edrolo Topic exam 2
Year 11 Practical Investigation report due.
Students are required to submit:
- Practical investigation – summary book
- Practical investigation – poster (pdf format)
by 3:30pm on Friday the 15th of November.
The Year 11 Physics – Unit 2 Exam is scheduled for Friday the 22nd November in the Kildare Hall commencing at 1:30pm and finishing at 3:10pm. 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
Topic 1 Motion (Notes 2.1.1 – Notes 2.1.7)
Topic 2 Practical Investigation (Notes 2.3.1 – Notes 2.3.4)