Equivalent Resistance

One important and very achievable skill you will all need to pick this year is how to calculate resistance in circuits. The clips that follow are clear explainations for solving the type of resistance problems you will face in Yr 12 Physics assessments.

Homework due Monday 8 June

Please complete activity 15A on electric feilds, from our Physics textbook. Don't forget senior subject reports will be written over the next weeks or so.

New Topic Electricity

Finally we have finished our Mechanics Marathon. Our new topic is electricity and we have started with the concept of electric field and its effect on charges. Here is what Wikipedia has to say about electric fields

Competition

Year twelve physics students your challenge is to produce the best flash cards from the handouts I gave you this morning. A prize will be awarded to the person who produces the best set at Tuesday's lesson. Go get creating!

Mechanics topic finished

We have come to the end of the Mechanics section of the course. Week four we will sit the common test. Now is the time to review all of the work we have done so far this year.

A good first step is check back through your text books and make sure you have attempted all the activities. Please let me know about any areas that you need help with and areas you like to have more explaination and examples of.

Central force experiment

Last day of term, last spell of the day no rest for year twelve physics.

Projectile motion

Projectile motion demonstration  here is a simple applet that captures some of the important features of P.M.


Solving projectile motion problems This link has some worked examples for solving P.M.problems.

Vectors and momentum

in depth vector concepts.

Momentum and Collisions

Physics Classroom Tutorial

Hi Physics Students

I have just added another site to the list of sites on the right hand side of the blog.

The Physics Classroom Tutorial is an online physics tutorial written for high school physics students. The tutorial was originally developed for physics students at Glenbrook South High School in Glenview, Illinois.

I think you will find the tutorial very useful if you are having difficulty with the Kinematic equations it also covers a number of other mechanics topics.

Relative Motion and Vector Addition

It is difficult to think of a more reliable source of scientific knowledge than a Japanese Game Show here is a short clip showing a relative motion demonstration.



Simple demonstration of vector addition.