Category Archives: Sec 4Adv (2024)

Sec 4Adv (2024), Sec 4Adv (2025)

Advanced Physics Paper (Paper 3)

The advanced Physics EOY Written Paper will be held on the same day as Paper 1 and Paper 2, i.e. Friday, 17 October.

Duration: 50 mins

Time: 1345 – 1435

Format: 30 marks of structured questions.

Topics: (All Sec 3 & Sec 4 Advanced Physics Topics which came with notes)

    • Projectile Motion
    • Circular Motion
    • Gravitational Fields
    • Linear Momentum
    • Superposition of Waves
    • Electric Fields
    • Magnetic Fields
    • Advanced Nuclear Physics

The following list of equations and formulae will be included:

Sec 4 (2024), Sec 4Adv (2024)

5 minutes before taking a Physics Exam…

You are just about to take a physics exam. Here are the things you should take note of:

  • Read the question!
  • More marks – you need to write more!
  • What words are used in the question? “State” does not expect the same answer as “Calculate”, etc.
  • Try to think which section of the syllabus this question is from. That will help you to recall equations and use appropriate physics words.
  • Remember to show as much working as possible.
  • Are the values given in the expected unit (SI units) or do you need to convert them first.
  • Don’t use abbreviations – write things in full (eg Normal Contact Force,  Clockwise, Kinetic Energy, etc) at least the first time you mention them in a question.
  • A general answer such as “the current will change” will nearly never be awarded a mark. We would be expecting “the current will get larger”.
  • Always write an equation down before substituting (otherwise you’ll never get calculation marks)
  • Give all answer to 2 sig. fig. or 3 sig. fig..
  • Use the value stored in your calculator try to avoid rounding off multiple times.
  • Check your units.
  • Final answers should be in decimal format (not fraction).

The following may also help:

  • It is often good to look through a paper and attempt a really easy question first. This gives confidence and helps you to relax.
  • There is nothing wrong with writing down equations at the start of the exam. Many students do this if they are worried they will forget equation such as v²=u²+ 2as.
  • Fleming’s Left Hand Rule, Right Hand Grip rule, etc are there to be used. Don’t be shy about doing them in the exam venue.
  • “Explain” in physics doesn’t just mean using words. Feel free to include diagrams, equations or graphs if they will help with your explanation.

 

Sec 4 (2024), Sec 4Adv (2024)

Physics EOY format (from email sent to you earlier)

Dear Sec 4s,

You will be taking your End of Year Physics Paper on 15 Oct.
The details are as follows:

Topics covered: Chapter 1 to Chapter 21 (all the Sec 3 and Sec 4 topics are tested)
Do note that content under enrichment will not be tested.
This means the following will not be tested:

    • Reading vernier callipers,
    • reading the sleeve on a micrometer screw gauge,
    • calibrating thermometers,
    • vector resolution,
    • Boyle’s Law,
    • acceleration in ticker-tape,

 

Paper 2

Time: From 0845 to 1030 hrs
Total marks: 70
Format:
Section A – Short Structured Questions (60 marks)
Section B – Long Question (10 marks; answer 1 out of 2 questions)

and

Paper 1

Time: From 1200 to 1245 hrs
Total marks: 30
Format: Multiple Choice Questions
Please bring a suitable pencil for shading and a soft eraser.

Do note that for both papers, calculators are allowed. You should also bring along a protractor and ruler.

All the best!
Warm regards,

Your Sec 4 Physics Teachers

Sec 4 (2024), Sec 4Adv (2024)

Ask a Physics Question… (Reactivated for EOY – Slide 96 onwards)

Use the following link to ask ANY Physics Questions:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1wpN4CrZme-LFILcUiwxGVAFXM5FWv6st_Xz75bzuBjM/edit?usp=sharing

Please bookmark this page for your convenience.

 

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If you want to see the questions from last year (2023) they are still up at:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1fR9oyjgqir8YPiElOEw_r3lzTJu9wI3zCeu09z4Tr8Q/edit#slide=id.g207746b73df_0_108

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Sec 4 (2024), Sec 4Adv (2024)

Practical Exam

Exam Date: Tuesday, 10 September 2024

Further details such as lab venue will be emailed to you shortly.

As you are not actually graded on doing the practical, it is the things that you write down that will gain/lose you marks. Please take the following very seriously:

PRECISION

every time you record a reading from an instrument the value must be recorded to the correct precision (i.e. the precision of the instrument.)

Instruments recorded to smallest division on scale:

        • RULER (measures to 1 mm)
        • PROTRACTOR (measures to 1º)

 Instruments recorded to half of smallest division on scale:

        • EVERYTHING ELSE

Digital Instruments where we ignore the last digit:

        • STOPWATCH (measures to 0.1 s)
        • DIGITAL CALLIPERS (measures to 0.1 mm)
        • DIGITAL MICROMETER SCREW GAUGE (measures to 0.01 mm)
Sec 4Adv (2024)

Advanced Physics Team-based Investigation Project (TIP)

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/1KBArtpywQaW2rDcPIeX1gZ_09uFVdxvgvqbyLgEfJX8/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

1A: CONTENT (Experimental Project)                                        {15 marks}
1B: CONTENT (Research Project)                                                  {15 marks}
2: Presentation                                                                                              {9 marks}
3: Deadlines                                                                                                       {1 mark}

All materials submitted online before the deadline. [1]

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.

Sec 4 (2024), Sec 4Adv (2024)

WA2 Details 2 May (Term 2, Week 7)

Date: 2 May (Thursday)

Time: (9:30-10:30 – after CCE)

Duration: 45 minutes

Venue: Your Own Classroom          (except: 412 to join 407)

Format: 8 marks (MCQ) & 22 marks (Structured)

Topics:

  • General Waves Properties (only section 2 on wave terms)
  • Sound
  • Static Electricity
  • Current of Electricity
  • D.C. Circuits
  • Dynamics (exclude sections 7 and 8 vector addition and vector resolution)
Please be reminded to bring along your calculator and mathematical set for the test.
All the best 🙂
Sec 4 (2024), Sec 4Adv (2024)

Physics WA1

Physics WA 1 will be happening on 20 Feb (Tuesday) (Term 1, Week 8) during the first period.

It will be a written test spanning 45 mins.

Topics tested include:
• Kinematics (motion graphs only)
• Pressure
• Thermal Physics
• General Waves Properties

Format:
Multiple Choice (8 marks)
Structured Questions (22 marks)

Calculators are allowed.

Sec 4Adv (2024)

Welcome to Sec 4 Advanced Physics

Welcome to your Sec 4 Advanced Physics class – 2024

Please bookmark this site: physics.shone.sg – we will be using it most lessons.

Please ensure that you download the Google Classrooms App and have enrolled in “2024 Sec 4 Physics“. Important announcements will be posted in the classroom and all the materials are accessible there. It is the same Classroom as used last year and so you should not need to enrol.

The  code is (vzq7tyu)

Softcopy notes can be downloaded from Google Classroom and you may use these (in place of the hardcopy notes) if you prefer.

We will be using the following textbook: