{"id":147,"date":"2022-04-26T13:15:04","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T12:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/peebleshsscience\/?page_id=147"},"modified":"2022-05-25T14:44:30","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T13:44:30","slug":"physics-higher","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/peebleshsscience\/physics\/physics-higher\/","title":{"rendered":"Higher Physics overview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the\u00a0 <strong>detailled<\/strong> course description, click <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/public\/peebleshsscience\/uploads\/sites\/3730\/2022\/04\/26131055\/Phys-Higher-CourseDescription.pdf\">Phys-Higher-CourseDescription.<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>SUBJECT: PHYSICS <\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>AWARD RECEIVED:\u00a0\u00a0 HIGHER\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3>ENTRY LEVEL<\/h3>\n<p>Students should ideally have N5 Physics, at A or B. It could be possible for a student without previous experience of Physics to follow this course, in which case they should speak with a Physics teacher for advice.<\/p>\n<h3>COURSE CONTENT<\/h3>\n<p>The Course is split up into 4 Units, with the Key Areas covered in each outlined below:<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Unit 1 &#8211; <\/strong><strong>Our Dynamic Universe <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>This Unit covers the Key Areas of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Motion \u2014 equations and graphs<\/li>\n<li>Forces, energy and power<\/li>\n<li>Collisions, explosions and impulse<\/li>\n<li>Gravitation<\/li>\n<li>Special relativity<\/li>\n<li>The Expanding Universe<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Unit 2 &#8211; Particles and Waves <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>This Unit covers the Key Areas of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Standard Model<\/li>\n<li>Forces on charged particles<\/li>\n<li>Nuclear reactions<\/li>\n<li>Wave particle duality<\/li>\n<li>Interference and diffraction<\/li>\n<li>Refraction of light<\/li>\n<li>Spectra<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Unit 3 &#8211; Electricity<\/h4>\n<p>This Unit covers the Key Areas of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Monitoring and measuring a.c.<\/li>\n<li>Current, potential difference, power and resistance<\/li>\n<li>Electrical sources and internal resistance.<\/li>\n<li>Capacitors<\/li>\n<li>Conductors, semiconductors and insulators<\/li>\n<li>p-n junctions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Unit 4 &#8211; Researching Physics<\/h4>\n<p>This Unit covers the key skills necessary to undertake research in Physics. Learners will research the relevance of Physics theory to everyday life by exploring the physics behind a topical issue. Learners will develop the key skills associated with collecting and synthesising information from a number of different sources. Equipped with the knowledge of common Physics apparatus and techniques, they will plan and undertake a practical investigation related to a topical issue.<\/p>\n<h3>ASSESSMENT<\/h3>\n<p>To gain an overall Award for this Course, students need to pass the:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Unit Assessment <\/strong>for each of the Units \u2013 these are marked internally in school;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Course Assessment<\/strong>, which is marked by the SQA and includes an<strong>: \u00a0<\/strong>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Assignment <\/strong>(20 marks)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Exam <\/strong>(100 marks)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>The Course assessment is graded A\u2013D. The grade is determined on the basis of the total mark for all Course assessments together.<\/p>\n<h3>HOMEWORK<\/h3>\n<p>Homework is an essential part of the course. Homework will include practise problems, questions from a textbook and regular revision of all the material covered in the course.<\/p>\n<h3>TRANSFERABLE SKILLS<\/h3>\n<p>There are many very useful and valuable transferable skills gained by studying Higher Physics, including:<\/p>\n<p>researching, ICT, reporting, numeracy, literacy, graphing, investigating, practical experimental skills, analysing, presentation, evaluating, to name a few.<\/p>\n<h3>PROGRESSION<\/h3>\n<p>There is very good progression from this Course on to Advanced Higher<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the\u00a0 detailled course description, click Phys-Higher-CourseDescription. SUBJECT: PHYSICS AWARD RECEIVED:\u00a0\u00a0 HIGHER\u00a0 ENTRY LEVEL Students should ideally have N5 Physics, at A or B. It could be possible for a student without previous experience of Physics to follow this course, in which case they should speak with a Physics teacher for advice. 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