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Category Archives: Sec 4Adv (2025)
Answer to the Trial Practical Exam taken in June
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)
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- 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:
Answers to Practical 6 – LDR
ANSWERS TO PHYSICS ASSIGNMENTS (2025)
Suggested answers to Physics Assignments:
12Adv: EX1 Superposition of Waves
19A: Electromagnetic Induction
19B: Electromagnetic Induction – Transformers
These answers are frequently brief answers and should not be assumed to be perfect model answers. If you are not sure, please check in with Mr Shone.
ANSWERS TO PHYSICS NOTES (2025)
Suggested answers to Physics Notes:
12: General Properties of Waves
12Adv: AP1 Superposition of Waves
These answers are frequently brief answers and should not be assumed to be perfect model answers. If you are not sure, please check in with Mr Shone.
Advanced Physics Team-based Investigative Project (TIP)
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:
Research Based Project:
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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
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- Brief literature review (theory)
- Experimental setup and brief procedures
- Results
- Analysis
- Conclusion
- Brief reflections and key takeaways
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For Theory Projects
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- 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
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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.
Instagram Content (Physics Lesson for 14-2-25)
Hello!
Apologies, my cough and loss of voice are keeping me away from school again today. I am thus leaving you the following activity which I hope you will find enjoyable and relevant.
Background
At the start of the year Mr Shone started a Physics Instagram account (which I hope you are already following!):
https://www.instagram.com/nanyangphysics
He has posted a few items and will continue to create content, but he would very much like to get input and content from Physics Students – that’s you!
Task
Create a post that can be uploaded to the NY Physics IG.
Content can be anything you like that you think would be suitable and appropriate for this IG account.
Some suggestions:
- A worked example to a question that you had trouble with previously,
- A trick that helps solve tricky physics problem,
- An image (original) and explanation of some physics in the real world,
- Explanation of a complex physics phenomena / concept in a way you found worked for you,
- Use this as a chance to revise a topic you are less familiar with – put together the key concepts / points of a particular topic,
- History, Life, Works of a famous physicist
- Or anything else you think would be suitable…
Notes
- Do try to use images / drawings where appropriate, rather than just text.
- Don’t use any photos or images that are copyrighted (not your own).
- I have included the outline templates that I have used – use these to keep the look of the site consistent if you like, but if you’re feeling creative, feel free to design it any way that appeals.
- Try not to just repeat things that can be found directly in the notes or textbook.
- Be creative, make your post stand out and appeal to viewers.
- Target audience is yourself and other secondary school physics studying peers.
- Don’t squeeze it all onto one “slide” you can upload up to 5 “slides” to create the post.
- Mr Shone may alter your slides before posting for better clarity or to correct any minor physics misconceptions.
- The posts will be posted in a random order (about 1 a day)
- There will be a small prize for the post that gets the most likes!
Submission
Use the following Google form to submit your work:
https://forms.gle/anHg8jj5x2ap9tQm6
File(s) can be uploaded as Word, PowerPoint, etc. (which would allow me to edit them), or finalised image files such as JPG, PDF, etc.
Deadline:
Upload by Wednesday 19 February, 11:59pm.
Any questions drop me an email!
Template files below:
S4 Advanced Physics HBL (31 January)
For the Advanced Physics Home-Based Lesson on Friday 31 January you are to complete the following:
TASK 1
Take a short MCQ quiz on the topic of pressure. Grades will not affect your results, this mini-quiz is for you to check your own understanding of the topic now that we have completed this chapter.
Link for quiz:
https://forms.gle/DYcTbS1bomRTaJxu6
(the quiz should take no longer than 10 minutes)
TASK 2
Complete the practical on Cooling Curves that we did in the lab last week. This would include:
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- ensuring your data has been recorded in a suitable manner,
- plotting the graph, (refer to notes or https://physics.shone.sg/notes/basics/plotting-graphs/ if you have forgotten how to plot a graph correctly.
- answering the questions on the back of the practical worksheet.
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(task 2 should take no more than 30 minutes)
These tasks are to be completed by Wednesday, 5 February.
Wishing you all a Happy Chinese New Year!
Gong Xi Fa Cai.
Mr Shone
Welcome to S4 Advanced Physics 2025
Welcome to your Sec 4 Advanced Physics class – 2025
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 “2025 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 enroll.
The code is (3rjepp5)
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: