The Waves test will be on Monday 12th June.

Topics to revise:

wave parameters and behaviours

sound and echoes

diffraction

the wave equation

the electromagnetic spectrum – members, sources, detectors and applications

refraction

total internal reflection and optical fibres

The S3 end of year test will take place on the following dates:

Multiple choice paper Thursday 15th June

Written paper Monday 19th June

Both papers will test you on all work covered in S3.

Waves and Radiation exercises 2 and 4 are due on Wednesday 7th June.

Waves and Radiation Unit 3 exercise 1 is due on Thursday 11th May.

The circuits test will be on Wednesday 29th March.

Topics to revise:

current (including Q=It), voltage and circuit rules

Resistance

Ohm’s Law

Power (including all equations)

LEDs

Unit 2 exercises 7 and 8 are due for Wednesday 29th March

You may also wish to complete exercise 9 as part of your test revision.

Unit 2 exercises 4 & 5 are due on Monday 13th March

Homework exercise 3 is due on Thursday 23rd February.

Finish the problems on pages 9 and 10 in the problem booklet for Wednesday.

Homework exercises 1 (Q=It) & 2 (circuit rules) on Electricity and Energy (Unit 2) are due on Thursday 2nd February.

Cosmology test Thursday 15th December.

Topics to study:

Cosmological definitions

Light-year

Weight

Newton’s Second Law applied to rocket launch

Newton’s Third Law

Space exploration (we will cover this in class tomorrow and Monday).