{"id":41,"date":"2016-03-18T19:47:03","date_gmt":"2016-03-18T19:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/bellasciences\/?page_id=41"},"modified":"2016-04-24T15:16:15","modified_gmt":"2016-04-24T15:16:15","slug":"higher-physics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/bellasciences\/higher-physics\/","title":{"rendered":"Higher Physics"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>NQ Higher Physics<\/h1>\n<div id=\"main\" class=\"main\">\n<div class=\"fs01 m cnrBox boxShadow\">\n<h2>Physics<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"electricity\" src=\"http:\/\/www.educationscotland.gov.uk\/Images\/iStock_000002732693Small%20260x210_tcm4-650244.jpg\" alt=\"a photograph showing electricity passing through two points\" width=\"260\" height=\"210\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Physics course is made up of four mandatory Units: Our Dynamic Universe, Particles and Waves, Electricity and Researching Physics. The concepts, principles and theories are often set in a relevant context, by making reference to applications of Physics and to real-world situations.<b class=\"cnr top tl\"><\/b><b class=\"cnr top tr\"><\/b><b class=\"cnr btm bl\"><\/b><b class=\"cnr btm br\"><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col col1\">\n<div class=\"fs07 m fs07_physics cnrBox\">\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.educationscotland.gov.uk\/highersciences\/physics\/guide\/index.asp\">Learning and teaching<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>In this section you will find resources that can be downloaded and adapted, and which are suitable for both teachers and learners<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fs07 m fs07_physics cnrBox\">\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.educationscotland.gov.uk\/highersciences\/physics\/unittwo\/index.asp\">Particles and waves<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Investigating fundamental particles, nuclear reactions and the wave properties of matter.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fs07 m fs07_physics cnrBox\">\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.educationscotland.gov.uk\/highersciences\/physics\/unitfour\/index.asp\">Researching Physics<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Develop the essential skills for carrying out investigative scientific research in physics, and then apply these in the context of a topical physics\u00a0investigation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col col2\">\n<div class=\"fs07 m fs07_physics cnrBox\">\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.educationscotland.gov.uk\/highersciences\/physics\/unitone\/index.asp\">Our Dynamic Universe<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Study our current understanding of the structure of the universe.<b class=\"cnr top tl\"><\/b><b class=\"cnr top tr\"><\/b><b class=\"cnr btm bl\"><\/b><b class=\"cnr btm br\"><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fs07 m fs07_physics cnrBox\">\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.educationscotland.gov.uk\/highersciences\/physics\/unitthree\/index.asp\">Electricity <\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Take a deeper look at electricity and investigate an introduction to semiconductors.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"641\"><strong>SQA Documents<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"289\"><strong>Web link<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"641\">Course Specification<\/td>\n<td width=\"289\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1fR5BwJ\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/1fR5BwJ<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"641\">Course Assessment Specification<\/td>\n<td width=\"289\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/PatKJH\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/PatKJH<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"641\">Course and Unit Support Notes (the original document which has been modified in the succeeding pages)<\/td>\n<td width=\"289\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1g75WQk\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/1g75WQk<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"641\">Assessment Overview (published June 2013)<\/td>\n<td width=\"289\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/PauD4U\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/PauD4U<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"641\">Specimen Examination paper and marking scheme<\/td>\n<td width=\"289\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1qgTNN9\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/1qgTNN9<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"641\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"289\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"641\"><strong>Education Scotland learning materials<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"289\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"641\">Video interviews about the changes to Higher Physics<\/td>\n<td width=\"289\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/NKciL0\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/NKciL0<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"641\">All Education Scotland materials (linked in this document for each relevant content) in the one place.<\/td>\n<td width=\"289\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/O6e0Gr\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/O6e0Gr<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"641\">Researching Physics Unit support materials.<\/td>\n<td width=\"289\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1mcwT9p\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/1mcwT9p<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"641\">Unit Specification<\/td>\n<td width=\"289\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/O3LnK1\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/O3LnK1<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"641\">Video, presentations and notes on key skills<\/td>\n<td width=\"289\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1cIUZA4\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/1cIUZA4<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"641\">Exemplar investigations on earthquakes and skin cancer<\/td>\n<td width=\"289\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1hVoK5G\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/1hVoK5G<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ec03 m cnrBox\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NQ Higher Physics Physics The Physics course is made up of four mandatory Units: Our Dynamic Universe, Particles and Waves, Electricity and Researching Physics. The concepts, principles and theories are often set in a relevant context, by making reference to applications of Physics and to real-world situations. Learning and teaching In this section you will &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/bellasciences\/higher-physics\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Higher Physics<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6405,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-41","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/bellasciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/bellasciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/bellasciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/bellasciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6405"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/bellasciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/bellasciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":144,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/bellasciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41\/revisions\/144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/bellasciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}