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• 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

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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