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Christ’s College
Canterbury
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AS 90938 Physics
Demonstrate understanding of aspects of wave
behaviour. (4 credits – external)
AS 90943 Science
Investigate implications of heat for everyday life.
(4 credits – internal)
In total five achievement standards are assessed:
three external (12 credits) and two internal (8
credits).
YEAR 12
Status
Optional
Prerequisites
Year 11 Physics, or Science
with good supporting
Mathematics results. The
approvaloftheHeadofPhysics
will be automatic if more than
half of the Physics related
Level 1 external results were at
the Achieved grade level, or
better.
Periods per week
Five
Description
With more time than in the Level 1 course, the
course has a greater practical component including
practical tests and extended investigations. The
course offers the same range of topics as in the
Level 1 course but builds on them, extending into:
projectiles, circular motion, momentum, gravity,
kinetic theory, wave interference and diffraction. It
also introduces the new topic areas of radioactivity
and atomic physics.
Assessment
NCEA achievement standards are used to assess
this course.
AS 91168 Physics
Carry out a practical physics investigation that
leads to a non-linear mathematical relationship.
(4 credits – internal)
AS 91170 Physics
Demonstrate understanding of waves.
(4 credits – external)