Liston College

Physics Level 3

Course Description

Teacher in Charge: Mrs K. Jom.

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

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.

Learning Areas:

Science

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.