[kingm]

(Original post by Xiomara)
Way to make them feel bad about themselves...wasn't really a necessary comment now, was it?
I'd understand how it was 'spreading negativity' if the comment was 'Wow we're all going to fail, so unprepared etc.' but it wasn't, so I don't see why you objected.

Well, with all due respect, if Mr HSRMJ was willing to go to the effort of posting a self-deprecating remark about how unprepared he was for the exam, one would deduce that he would equally be capable of handling an objective response. This is surely supported by the fact that he responded with "you're very welcome ". As ironic as it was, YOU should note how ironic my response was. Though you're very sweet to jump his defense. If said person is now down in the dumps then he has my unreserved apologies. X

[HSRMJ]

(Original post by kingm)
Well, with all due respect, if Mr HSRMJ was willing to go to the effort of posting a self-deprecating remark about how unprepared he was for the exam, one would deduce that he would equally be capable of handling an objective response. This is surely supported by the fact that he responded with "you're very welcome ". As ironic as it was, YOU should note how ironic my response was. Though you're very sweet to jump his defense. If said person is now down in the dumps then he has my unreserved apologies. X

Jesus you love writing LOL. And I'm not unprepared at all, I'm just not very good at physics....

[AmrinderRai]

(Original post by megank)
You could look at the markscheme and memorize those bullet points..

Will that get me 5 of the 6 marks however?
& Can i write 5 bullet points in the exam also ?
My english & 'communication' skills are very poor

[kingm]

(Original post by HSRMJ)
Jesus you love writing LOL. And I'm not unprepared at all, I'm just not very good at physics....

Haha, I was just trying to make a point

Well, may I suggest that you spend a bit of extra time on particles then. The first 3 questions of the paper always seem to be on particles. And I think most people would agree that it seems to be the easier of the 3 sections. Things like baryons, leptons, mesons, quarks. There always seems to be a question on decay and specific charge. Pair production and annihilation too. Learning a few definitions such as isotopes, photoelectric emission and excitation will go a long way.

Learning a couple of basic laws on pd and resistance in series and parallel will provide a few extra marks too.

Remember that ALL of the equations that you will need are in the formula sheet!

No reason why you can't get a C if you do some quality cramming from now until Thursday!

[HSRMJ]

(Original post by kingm)
Haha, I was just trying to make a point

Well, may I suggest that you spend a bit of extra time on particles then. The first 3 questions of the paper always seem to be on particles. And I think most people would agree that it seems to be the easier of the 3 sections. Things like baryons, leptons, mesons, quarks. There always seems to be a question on decay and specific charge. Pair production and annihilation too. Learning a few definitions such as isotopes, photoelectric emission and excitation will go a long way.

Learning a couple of basic laws on pd and resistance in series and parallel will provide a few extra marks too.

Remember that ALL of the equations that you will need are in the formula sheet!

No reason why you can't get a C if you do some quality cramming from now until Thursday!

Thanks See knew we could get along LOL

[ChristinaLee]

Is anyone finding planing your own circuit difficult? And the essay writing questions that are worth around 6 marks?

[dreamer9501]

(Original post by ChristinaLee)
Is anyone finding planing your own circuit difficult? And the essay writing questions that are worth around 6 marks?

i did find them difficult, but really just go through all the past papers, and do all of the long answer questions, as in only focus on them, and you'll soon realise that the answers are all quite similar. Just learn a few key bits that keep coming up in the mark schemes and the rest you should be able to figure out by the question.
If you have time in the exam, jot down your ideas in the margin in pencil before you start writing, because remember you got quality of written communication marks, so you need to write succinctly but clearly, as well as knowing the physics.

what seems to get me every time is electricity....when i revise it its so easy!! but when i'm doing a past paper/when i did unit 1 in jan i just failed that bit miserably.

[dreamer9501]

and from my scanning of all past papers, the long question will be on either photoelectric effect, excitation, or an experiment to determine the resistance/resistivity of something. Hopefully we get something thats really similar to a past paper!!!

[kingm]

(Original post by dreamer9501)
and from my scanning of all past papers, the long question will be on either photoelectric effect, excitation, or an experiment to determine the resistance/resistivity of something. Hopefully we get something thats really similar to a past paper!!!

The 6 marker in Jan 2012 was on the resistance of a wire through variation of temperature so I don't think it will be on that. You never know though I guess. Let's hope it will be on the photoelectric effect...the amount of questions i've covered on that is rather unhealthy but it's just about beginning to make sense to me now.

You're right though: going through every past paper, just answering the 6 marker questions and looking at the mark schemes is very effective.

Let's also not rule out wave-particle duality!

Good luck to everyone.

[Aillias]

(Original post by pepeeglesfield)
feeling pretty confident tbh, what grade are you hoping for?

actually stupid question...its the TSR :L

A B around 72% cos that's what i need to get an A overall!!!! So glad that I'm dropping physics at the end of this year. WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO TOLERATE PHYSICS FOR ANOTHER YEAR. OMG.

[Aillias]

(Original post by ChristinaLee)
Is anyone finding planing your own circuit difficult? And the essay writing questions that are worth around 6 marks?

As long as you write a structured answer with a few points, paragraphs and sentences with grammar and punctuation, you get a mark for quality of written language. I mean I got my paper back for unit 2 physics and for the 6 marker, i actually only covered three points on that question but i got an extra mark for QoWL. So if all else fails you will still get that mark if you just write clearly with structure.

[AmrinderRai]

(Original post by Aillias)
As long as you write a structured answer with a few points, paragraphs and sentences with grammar and punctuation, you get a mark for quality of written language. I mean I got my paper back for unit 2 physics and for the 6 marker, i actually only covered three points on that question but i got an extra mark for QoWL. So if all else fails you will still get that mark if you just write clearly with structure.

So I wouldn't get anywhere with just bullet points...?

Could you post any sort of example please?
Of an answer that would get 5-6 marks

I'm terrible at having my answers 'coherent' and find it hard to keep things relevant to the question.

[PatroclusFTW]

(Original post by Aillias)
A B around 72% cos that's what i need to get an A overall!!!! So glad that I'm dropping physics at the end of this year. WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO TOLERATE PHYSICS FOR ANOTHER YEAR. OMG.

Hahahaha same!!!!!!! I have no idea why I took it for AS level. Just really need to bash this exam and never look at any physics again!!! (apart from doing Mechanics in Maths next year :P)

[Aillias]

(Original post by PatroclusFTW)
Hahahaha same!!!!!!! I have no idea why I took it for AS level. Just really need to bash this exam and never look at any physics again!!! (apart from doing Mechanics in Maths next year :P)

Hahha, m1 maths "should" be easy. although i've forgotten most of unit 2. >.>

[Aillias]

(Original post by AmrinderRai)
So I wouldn't get anywhere with just bullet points...?

Could you post any sort of example please?
Of an answer that would get 5-6 marks

I'm terrible at having my answers 'coherent' and find it hard to keep things relevant to the question.

Basically, the exam boards never say that bullet points are not allowed. BUT, they prefer it if you do not write in bullet points. That's what my teacher said anyway, he went to a massive AQA physics meeting on how to "further the education of a levels students doing physics." And that was one the things that he asked. So no i wouldn't advise using bullet points. Use words like and, therefore, however. they won't dismiss that 1 mark simply because you spelt a word incorrectly, but as long as you write it like a mini essay then you would have that mark, even if your physics is totally wrong. :-)

[AmrinderRai]

(Original post by Aillias)
Basically, the exam boards never say that bullet points are not allowed. BUT, they prefer it if you do not write in bullet points. That's what my teacher said anyway, he went to a massive AQA physics meeting on how to "further the education of a levels students doing physics." And that was one the things that he asked. So no i wouldn't advise using bullet points. Use words like and, therefore, however. they won't dismiss that 1 mark simply because you spelt a word incorrectly, but as long as you write it like a mini essay then you would have that mark, even if your physics is totally wrong. :-)

Thank you so much !
So should I just quite simply make sure the points are there... and just link each point/step with connectives ??

[kingm]

(Original post by AmrinderRai)
Thank you so much !
So should I just quite simply make sure the points are there... and just link each point/step with connectives ??

Absolutely. Words such as and, therefore, however, consequently, meaning, hence, then etc.

Judging by your writing on this forum I don't see what you're worrying about! Perhaps write the answer in pencil first, read through it a couple of times and just ask yourself if it makes sense. The markers just want to be able to read your answer and understand what you mean. Misspelling a few words is never an issue. Of course you need to use full stops and comma's, but avoid using "...". Like I said, judging by your writing on here I wouldn't worry about it at all! Just learn and understand the theory and you'll be grand.

[Aillias]

kingm puts it a lot better than me.

[AmrinderRai]

(Original post by kingm)
Absolutely. Words such as and, therefore, however, consequently, meaning, hence, then etc.

Judging by your writing on this forum I don't see what you're worrying about! Perhaps write the answer in pencil first, read through it a couple of times and just ask yourself if it makes sense. The markers just want to be able to read your answer and understand what you mean. Misspelling a few words is never an issue. Of course you need to use full stops and comma's, but avoid using "...". Like I said, judging by your writing on here I wouldn't worry about it at all! Just learn and understand the theory and you'll be grand.

Thank you so much !!! really appreciate it
I go off topic a lot and go into severe & unnecessary details, will stick to the main points this time in the form of a short paragraph

[Tanmayee]

So, having done the 2012 Jan paper I now know that for a temperature sensor experiment you have to use a waterbath and a thermistor in series with (blah, blah, blah) and measure the water bath with a thermometer.

But what would you use to vary and measure the light levels in a light sensor experiment with an LDR?
(Which I think could be a likely experiment-based question to come up this year since I haven't come across it yet.)

Or maybe they wouldn't ask because it seems fairly impractical to do with basic lab equipment?