L3PHY

Physics Level 3

Course Description

Teacher in Charge: Mrs K. Jom.

This course involves students investigating physical phenomena and developing concepts, principles, and models to explain those phenomena.

Topics covered are: Rotation, Kinematics, AC Electricity, Electric Fields, DC Electricity, Electromagnetism, Modern Physics, Waves.
You need to choose L3 Calculus in order to pick this course.

This course offers the following achievement standard credits:

AS 91521: Practical investigation on Non-linear relationship - Internal worth 4 credits
AS 91523: Wave systems - External worth 4 credits
AS 91524: Mechanical Systems - External worth 6 credits
AS 91525: Modern Physics - Internal worth 3 credits
AS 91526: Electrical Systems - External worth 6 credits


Note: for students pursuing Scholarship Physics, they will need to maintain a high achievement and understanding in all three externals as well as the Modern Physics Internal Assessment.




Course Overview

Term 1
AS 91525:- Demonstrate understanding of Modern Physics
This standard covers nuclear reactions, photoelectric effect, and atomic energy levels.

AS91524:- Demonstrate understanding of Mechanical systems.
Topics covered are translational motion, circular motion and gravity, rotating systems, and oscillating systems.

Term 2
AS 91521:- Practical based investigation that involves an experimental method and data collection, finding out the uncertainties in the data, processing the data collected, graphing, and finding relationships and drawing conclusions.

AS91526:- Demonstrate understanding of electrical systems.
The standard involves learning on DC circuits containing resistors, capacitors, and inductors. Transformers and AC circuits containing a resistor, capacitor, and an inductor.

Term 3
AS91523:- Demonstrate understanding of wave systems.
The topics covered in this standard are interference and diffraction, standing waves and music and the doppler effect.

Term 4
Revision to prepare for external examinations.

Recommended Prior Learning

Achievement of 16 Credits in Level 2 Physics with Achieved in AS 91171 (Mechanics) and AS 91173 (Electricity).

Helpful Accompanying Subjects:
• Mathematics with Statistics (under special circumstances)
• Mathematics with Calculus (prefered)
• Chemistry

Career Pathways

Assessment Information

The students will be offered 5 achievement standards, two internal standards and three external standards.
Both internal standards will be assessed in class under exam condition. One of these internal standards is a practical investigation which takes 4 hours to complete

All three externals will be assessed by the NZQA at the end of the year.

Total credits offered for in course is 23 credits of which 7 credits will be from internal assessments and 16 credits are from external assessments.

Credit Information

You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.

This course is eligible for subject endorsement.

This course is approved for University Entrance.

Total Credits Available: 23
Internal Assessed Credits: 7
External Assessed Credits: 16
Assessment
Description
Level
Internal or
External
Credits
L1 Literacy Credits
UE Literacy Credits
Numeracy Credits
A.S. 91521 v2
NZQA Info

Physics 3.1 - Carry out a practical investigation to test a physics theory relating two variables in a non-linear relationship


Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 4
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0 *
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91523 v2
NZQA Info

Physics 3.3 - Demonstrate understanding of wave systems


Level: 3
Internal or External: External
Credits: 4
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0 *
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91524 v2
NZQA Info

Physics 3.4 - Demonstrate understanding of mechanical systems


Level: 3
Internal or External: External
Credits: 6
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0 *
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91525 v2
NZQA Info

Physics 3.5 - Demonstrate understanding of Modern Physics


Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 3
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0 *
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91526 v2
NZQA Info

Physics 3.6 - Demonstrate understanding of electrical systems


Level: 3
Internal or External: External
Credits: 6
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0 *
Numeracy Credits: 0
Credit Summary
Total Credits: 23
Total Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
Total University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Total Numeracy Credits: 0

Approved subject for University Entrance

Number of credits that can be used for overall endorsement: 23

Only students engaged in learning and achievement derived from Te Marautanga o Aotearoa are eligible to be awarded these subjects as part of the requirement for 14 credits in each of three subjects.