Current Year 13 thread Mark I (2014-2015)

Yeah there is a tiny mention of differential equations, but (at least for AQA) it's not super rigorous (because they couldn't talk about integration and differentiation directly so they were just like "here's the solution to this equation, you can sort of accept this as true if you look at this sort of useful equation"). It's pretty much just "here's an equation for charge/voltage in time, plug those numbers in and shut up".

"Turning Points in Physics". We do Thermal and Nuclear Physics + the optional module in one exam. It's pretty easy. Turning Points is pretty much what it says on the can - discovery of the electron (discharge tube, cathode rays, etc.), wave-particle duality/photoelectricity (de Broglie's wavelength, etc.) and special relativity (which is the one part that's actually cool even if I already pretty much had it down). We're supposed to know how these discoveries revolutionised physics.

I wanted to do Applied Physics (moments of inertia, better thermodynamics) or Astronomy (stars, other space stuff ).

Lol, the maths in AH Physics us non existant. It's mostly plug and play.

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Yeah there is a tiny mention of differential equations, but (at least for AQA) it's not super rigorous (because they couldn't talk about integration and differentiation directly so they were just like "here's the solution to this equation, you can sort of accept this as true if you look at this sort of useful equation"). It's pretty much just "here's an equation for charge/voltage in time, plug those numbers in and shut up".

"Turning Points in Physics". We do Thermal and Nuclear Physics + the optional module in one exam. It's pretty easy. Turning Points is pretty much what it says on the can - discovery of the electron (discharge tube, cathode rays, etc.), wave-particle duality/photoelectricity (de Broglie's wavelength, etc.) and special relativity (which is the one part that's actually cool even if I already pretty much had it down). We're supposed to know how these discoveries revolutionised physics.

I wanted to do Applied Physics (moments of inertia, better thermodynamics) or Astronomy (stars, other space stuff ).

So I was looking at an AQA examiners report and it seems the edexcel's are a lot more detailed than other exam boards??
Here's an example for a Unit 4 physics paper: http://qualifications.pearson.com/content/dam/pdf/A%20Level/Physics/2013/Exam%20materials/6PH04_01_pef_20130815.pdf

Can anyone confirm/deny???

Thanks guys I don't feel 18 yet because I got ID'd for a 12 last week...

Pub tonight

I was a bit disappointed by it, I thought it would be cooler

Yup, I'm disappointed too, it looked like the sun but a bit brighter than usual... Although the ISS got a sick shot of it



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No take it from me, astronomy sucks. I've not done half of it yet but so far it is the most dull thing I have ever learned about :L. The uncertainty on the values you work out are the size of a house!

It isnt in syllabus but our teacher said to derive it ourselves (if we did maths) and it was fine, standard log integrals and such

Lol they're all ****. Medical, astronomy etc

Applied sounds good though! That's what I'd want. Ngl disappointed with Physics as an A Level, hope it gets better

Completely clouded over where I was, so no eclipse to be seen. We watched it on the BBC during Chemistry.

Head of Science walked in and called it the worst eclipse ever.

It was a bit crap.

I don't understand people who said stuff like that... Every eclipse is the same thing, how can one be "worse than any other" is a pretty stupid thing to say, especially for a science teacher

I don't understand people who said stuff like that... Every eclipse is the same thing, how can one be "worse than any other" is a pretty stupid thing to say, especially for a science teacher

I have never had a more hellish week at school and I could literally cry with happiness that it's over.

Eclipses can be fairly different depending on the season, the weather, the inclination of the Earth (ergo, where you view it from).

oh no - that doesn't sound good at all! I hope next week is much better for you