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Course: Electricity & Modern Physics (NCEA L3 - Physics)

Kev Knowles —

Using the context of Electricity Generation, supply and use this topic will cover various aspects of Modern Physics and Electrical Systems.

When:

Semester Two

Subject Area(s)

Physics

NCEA L3

This course seeks to use various techniques to look at AC & DC electricity, mass-energy conversion, photon emission and CCD detectors.
Students who do well in this course should be able to analyse complex situations and solve involved numerical problems.

Requirements

Students need to have completed the NCEA Level 2 equivalents of these Standards.
Preferably with Merit grades.

Assessment

AS91525 Demonstrate understanding of Modern Physics [3 credits] AS91526 Demonstrate understanding of electrical systems [6 credits] Electrical Systems will have a full topic test during the semester and then an External Exam in November.
The Modern Physics topic is an Internal, exam-based assessment.

About the Teacher

Kev Knowles has been teaching Physics for more than 20 years after a previous career as an Engineer with the UK MoD. I also teach technology and robotics. I am a keen outdoors person and run the school’s Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme.

Enrol now:

http://www.netnz.org/enrolment/