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Helping you decide...
• Why Physics?
• Why Trinity?
Why Physics?
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Destinations of employed graduates from Imperial 2011
From Imperial’s website, of their 2011 Physics graduates, only 5% were left still seeking employment, 40% went into academia and 50% went into business…
“My immediate team is made up of:
But the broader FX trading team is at least 80% Maths, Physics & Engineering graduates.”
Physics and maths Engineering Chemistry Finance / economics
Maths / Physics / Engineering
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• Great teachers - all Physics specialists.
• Great resources & lots of imagination.
• Great extra-curricular activities
• Great exam results:
77% A/B at AS, 88%A*- B at A2 in 2013
Why Trinity?
EXTRA CURRICULAR CLUBS
Further Physics Oxbridge type preparation club. Runs weekly for a year; boys solve challenging A-level problems. LMF L6th – U6th
The UK Space Design Competition
Students design a space settlement and make a video about their design. If successful they progress on to national finals at Imperial MM 5, L6th
Senior Science Society Lecture series on various topics (not engineering or medical related), delivered by students and external speakers. MM 5 & 6
COMPETITIONS
British Physics Olympiad Preparation for sitting the prestigious national Physics competition at which Trinity has had great success over the last
three years
LMF L6th
AS Physics Challenge LMF
Surrey Satro Competition Physics / engineering problem-solving competition aimed at the brightest GCSE boys WST 6th
Weizmann Safe Cracking competition
Students design a safe using physical principles that other competitors have to hack into using physical principles WST L6
TRIPS / OUT OF SCHOOL OPPORTUNITIES
Trip to CERNBoys receive a lecture on particle Physics. They are then given a guided tour of the site. We also visit the particle Physics museum
at CERN (microcosm). LMF L6th
lower 6th Physics in Action Study Day A day of Physics lectures held in London by IOP DGK L6th
Cambridge Summer School
Students attend three days of lectures and practical sessions at Cambridge. The school is aimed at the most gifted students.
• Great teachers - all Physics specialists.
• Great resources & lots of imagination.
• Great extra-curricula activities
• Great exam results:
79% A/B at AS, 80%A*- B at A2 in 2012
Why Trinity?
The What... AS Physics Course ContentUnit 1 – Mechanics
• Motion, forces, work and energy
Unit 2 – Electrons, Waves and Photons• Electric current, resistance, voltage, DC Circuits• Waves• Quantum Physics
Unit 3 – Practical Skills• Developed through routine activities. • Assessed using OCR set tasks, internally marked and
externally moderated
• Mathematics (I)GCSE, at grade A or above • (but not further study of Maths at AS)
• Physics or Double Award Science GCSE or IGCSE, at grade A or A*, achieved really quite easily
• A willingness to think, work and learn!
What do I need?
AS Physics Examination
• Unit G481 – Mechanics• 1 hour • 60 marks• 30% of AS total
• Unit G482 – Electrons, Waves and Photons• 1 hr 45 mins• 100 marks• 50% of AS total
A. Written papers
AS Physics Examination
• Unit G483 – Practical Skills• 3 set tasks, each with 3 elements:
– Qualitative [10 marks]– Quantitative [20 marks]– Evaluative [10 marks]
• Internally assessed but externally moderated• Tasks and mark schemes closely prescribed by
OCR• Raw mark scaled to 60, i.e. 20% of total AS mark
B. Assessment of practical skills
Why OCR Syllabus A?
• Established but not old-fashioned
• Well-balanced coverage of key topics
• Solid basis for progression to degree courses
• Sensible internal assessment
• Specification has clear learning outcomes
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