Level 3 Physics
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: Mr Hafiz.
Almost any scientific problem can be approached using the ideas and methods of physics. The Level 3 Physics program aims to help you understand why things in the natural world happen the way they do. It enables you to explain, for example, how buildings move in an earthquake, why a car takes as long as it does to come to a stop when the brakes are applied, why the sky is blue and grass green, and why the supports of a bridge have to be of certain dimensions. You can use your understanding to predict how an object will behave under particular conditions, improve the functioning of everyday objects, and envisage new developments.
This course offers two internal standards and two external standards worth a total of 19 credits.
Course Overview
Semester 1
Two internal standards:
1. AS91521: Carry out a practical investigation to test a physics theory relating two variables in a non-linear relationship
2. AS91525: Demonstrate understanding of Modern Physics
Semester 2
Two external standards:
1. AS91524: Demonstrate understanding of mechanical systems
2. AS91526: Demonstrate understanding of electrical systems
Recommended Prior Learning
Completed Level 2 Physics course
Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
This course is eligible for subject endorsement.
This course is approved for University Entrance.
Total Credits Available: 19 credits.
Externally Assessed Credits: 12 credits.
Internally Assessed Credits: 7 credits.
External
NZQA Info
Assessments:
Term: 2020-08-31, Week: 2020-08-31
NZQA Info
NZQA Info
NZQA Info
Approved subject for University Entrance
Number of credits that can be used for overall endorsement: 19
Only students engaged in learning and achievement derived from Te Marautanga o Aotearoa are eligible to be awarded these subjects as part of the requirement for 14 credits in each of three subjects.
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Disclaimer
Any information, costs or standards may change.