Calendar
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 12 Physics SAC#4
- Wednesday the 14th of August
- Area of Study 1 “How can waves explain the behaviour of light?”
- 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 VCAA Physics Exam Formula & Data Sheet
Students are encouraged to prepare for this SAC by completing the following tasks:
- Handouts 4.1.1 – 4.1.7
- Assorted Studyclix exam questions
- Edrolo topic exam 1
- Edrolo topic exam 2
- Reviewing any VCAA Physics exam papers and examination reports
Year 12 Physics SAC#4
- Wednesday the 14th of August
- Area of Study 1 “How can waves explain the behaviour of light?”
- 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 VCAA Physics Exam Formula & Data Sheet
Students are encouraged to prepare for this SAC by completing the following tasks:
- Handouts 4.1.1 – 4.1.7
- Assorted Studyclix exam questions
- Edrolo topic exam 1
- Edrolo topic exam 2
- Reviewing any VCAA Physics exam papers and examination reports
Year 10 “Electricity” Topic Test
- Friday the 23rd of August
- Topic 1 “Electricity”
- 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 are encouraged to prepare for this SAC by completing the following tasks:
- Handouts 10.1.1 – 10.1.6
- Assorted worksheets
- Practice Test/quiz
Year 12 Physics SAC#5
- Thursday the 5th of September
- Area of Study 2 “How are light and matter similar?”
- 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 VCAA Physics Exam Formula & Data Sheet
Students are encouraged to prepare for this SAC by completing the following tasks:
- Handouts 4.2.1 – 4.2.5
- Assorted Studyclix exam questions
- Edrolo topic exam 1
- Edrolo topic exam 2
- Reviewing any VCAA Physics exam papers and examination reports
Year 12 Physics SAC#5
- Thursday the 5th of September
- Area of Study 2 “How are light and matter similar?”
- 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 VCAA Physics Exam Formula & Data Sheet
Students are encouraged to prepare for this SAC by completing the following tasks:
- Handouts 4.2.1 – 4.2.5
- Assorted Studyclix exam questions
- Edrolo topic exam 1
- Edrolo topic exam 2
- Reviewing any VCAA Physics exam papers and examination reports
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 10 Inclined Plane practical report due
Students required to electronically submit their practical report, in pdf format, by the end of Period 1 on Friday the 8th of November.
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)