Higher Physics
The Higher Physics course allows candidates to understand and investigate the world in an engaging and enjoyable way. It develops the candidate's ability to think analytically, creatively and independantly and allows them to make reasoned evalulations.
The course is taught in 3 units
- Our Dynamic Universe
- Particles and Waves
- Electricity
All pupils who are enrolled on the Higher Physics course at Langholm Academy are also enrolled on on the online scholar course written by Herriot Watt university.
www.scholar.hw.ac.uk
All pupils have their user name and password. If they forget they can get this from their class teacher. In the event of school closure (COVID, Lockdown, adverse weather etc) it is asked that all pupils immediately switch to the online course and will be guided my their class teacher through teams.
For home study, Mr. Drummond recommends spending at least two hours each week reviewing notes, trying practice questions, creating summaries and completing past papers. Formal homeworks will also form part of this study. Some useful documents can be found below.
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Our Dynamic Universe Notes | [pdf 1MB] |
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Particles and Waves Notes | [pdf 2MB] |
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Electricity Notes | [pdf 814KB] |
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Homeworks | [pdf 698KB] |
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Study Questions | [pdf 1MB] |
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HigherCourseSpecPhysics | [pdf 675KB] |
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SQA Databook for HN Physics | [pdf 4MB] |
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relationships-for-cfe-higher-physics | [pdf 750KB] |
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Useful Weblinks
All of these weblinks can help you revise a topic and gives another perpective.
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Mrs Physics |
| Written by Jennie Hargreaves at Lockerbie Academy. jennie has a great way of explaining things really clearly. Tons of interesting video clips too | |
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Scholar |
| All pupils have access to this online course | |
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The Physics Classroom |
| This site has won awards for being so interesting and informative! | |
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BBC Bitesize |
| A really useful site for revision. Very clear and covers the whole course. | |
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MrMcKenzie |
| If you click on cfe Higher Physics there are some great resources, including all the past papers and solutions! | |
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The Institute of Physics |
| As soon as you are 16 you are allowed to become a member for free! | |
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Flash Physics |
| An old set of resources created by John Sharkey and used by Physics teachers for years. This site has some good animations and notes. |