TIP will make up 50% of your Advanced Physics Grade. The remainder will come from the EOY Advanced Physics written paper.

 

The TIP will be conducted in Groups of 2 or done individually. (No, I will not make a special allowance for you to be a group of 3!)

The project can be experimental or research based on a physics phenomena.

Both options will require submission of a report (PowerPoint Slides) and a presentation (T3, Week 9).

Complete the following form with details of your project:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1G6BygDq8LhAhzEdcyNDYPIZOiio0TxkdVlFCMYaCAz4/edit?usp=sharing

The Task

Option 1: Experimental Practical

Design and conduct two (related) small experiments to investigate any suitable physics phenomena of your choice.

You will need to plan an experiment and let Mr Shone know what physics equipment you wish to borrow from the lab – a form will be sent out for this later.

 

Option 2: Research

Choose a topic of suitable difficulty  and suitable depth to investigate on your own.

The topic must not be something we have already looked at (or will be looking at) as part of the Physics / Advanced Physics syllabus.

Some Projects that girls undertook in previous years: Experimental: Oscillation of Connected Springs Archimedes Principle Circular Motion Research Based Project: Special Relativity Photoelectric Effect Physics of Flight Physics of  Maglev Trains Doppler Effect & Red-Shift Ionising Radiation Kepler’s Laws of Motion Superconductivity Physics of Black Holes Physics of Star Wars Physics of Rocket Propulsion Orbital Resonance of Astronomic Objects Doppler Shift Wave-Particle Duality

 

The Presentation

The presentation must be between 10 – 15 mins and everyone in the group must present.

The Slides are likely to include the following to be covered within the stipulated time:

For Practical Projects

• • • Brief literature review (theory)
    • Experimental setup and brief procedures
    • Results
    • Analysis
    • Conclusion
    • Brief reflections and key takeaways

For Theory Projects

• • • Detailed literature review (of the topic). You will not be expected to talk on every slide as there is unlikely enough time within the presentation period. Thus summary slides might be useful at points.
    • History of the discovery
    • Background information on the key scientists involved

All presentation will end with a short Q&A session.

 

Rubrics

Timeframe

Planning can start immediately.

Time for conducting practicals / doing research will be given during lesson periods at the start of term 3. (Likely 4 lesson periods will be assigned for this)

After consultation with the class the agreed dates for presentation will be TERM 3, WEEK 9.