QCE Physics IA2 student experiment quiz

10 percent

20 percent

30 percent

50 percent

Unit 1 only

Unit 2 only

Unit 3 subject matter (projectile motion, circular motion, gravity, electric/magnetic fields, induction)

Unit 4 quantum

Speed, Accuracy, Length, Style

Research and Planning, Analysis, Interpretation and Evaluation, Communication

Title, Apparatus, Procedure, References

Aim, Hypothesis, Method, Results

Be vague

Identify a specific IV, DV, range, and link directly to Unit 3 physics concepts

Cover three different topics

Be identical to a textbook example

Be omitted

Quantify uncertainty in each measurement, propagate to derived quantities, and discuss impact on the conclusion

Be replaced with 'human error'

Be left for the conclusion only

Is forbidden

Transforms non-linear relationships (e.g. T proportional to sqrt(L)) into linear plots (T^2 vs L) so the gradient maps onto a physical constant

Is the same as fitting a curve

Adds error

Confused freely

Distinguished and exemplified: random reduces with repetition, systematic requires calibration or method change

Avoided

Treated identically

Personal anecdotes

Third-person scientific language, labelled figures/tables, consistent units, IUPAC/SI conventions, structured report format

Bullet points only

Long meandering paragraphs

Only saying the experiment worked

Critical reflection: were assumptions valid, what limited validity, how would the next iteration improve

Repeating the results

Just listing the apparatus

This is an experiment.

This investigation tested how (specific IV) affects (specific DV), drawing on QCE Physics Unit 3 (specific topic), with the hypothesis that (relationship) based on the principle that (named physics law or equation).

Physics is interesting.

Many things move.