Level 3 Internal Physics

PURPOSE: This course is for students who enjoyed Physics at Year 12 and would like to continue to study Physics in Year 13 and beyond but do not want the pressure associated with Externally Assessed Exams. This course can be fully Internally Assessed but Students can choose to do one Externally Assessed Standard so that they can gain endorsement.

COURSE OUTLINE: Most standards are internally assessed Achievement Standards. This course is eligible for subject endorsement if the optional Waves external is taken.

This course comprises 4 possible Achievement Standards that are Internally Assessed and 1 Achievement Standard (Waves) that is Externally Assessed.

The 5 Standards are taken from the Physics and Earth and Space Science Realms .

The Physics Standards include a Practical Paper concerned with Experimental Physics where students conduct an experiment and analyse the data using graphs similar to that in the level 2 Physics course. This paper is offered in both Level 3 Physics Courses.

The Level 3 Waves Standard examines the physics of musical instruments, the Doppler Effect and the Interference of Waves.

There is a Modern Physics assessment that is concerned with the Photoelectric effect, Atomic Spectra and Nuclear Physics and this standard is assessed with a test.

There are 2 Research Standards, one is concerned with the physics of Nuclear Power and the other is an Earth Space Science Standard that involves students choosing an Astronomy topic of interest and producing a research report on it.

UE COURSE - Note If a student takes both PHY303 and PHY333 then this only counts as one UE approved subject/course. UNLESS they complete the optional Waves external. If AS91532 is taken then PHY303 and PHY333 will count as two UE approved subjects/courses.