A etymology table of some of the common greek & latin word roots used in science. intended to get students to realise that the origin of scientific terms give them meaning. Hopefully extends knowledge and vocabulary at the same time! May be a good “filler” activity or basis for quizzes and questioning.

Some visual reminders of rules for electromagnetism single sheet pdfs conventional current used.

This is a part finished (i.e. work in progress) for NZ NCEA course specific material and is aimed at providing guidance in graphing data for the PHY3-1 investigation. It contains hints and tips about the “steps-up” that are expected when plotting graphs for the year 13 Physics Investigation so the students know which hoops to jump through! It might be useful for non-physics specialist or those unfamiliar with the NZ course.

A Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet to check correct reprocessing of uncertainties for the Physics 3-1 investigation. Intended as a checking aid for teachers when marking assignments where error and uncertainties have to be reprocessed for data transformed into squared, square root or inverse values. Automatically converts absolute uncertainty values into percentage uncertainty and operates the transformations necessary, Should be self evident to those who undertake this assessment.

Overview/Revision of concepts and calculations with worked answers for projectile motion. Extract from our course notes.

Notes and questions to increase confidence using equations of motion

Pages from physics course notes and exercises booklet for Level 3 NCEA Electricity & Magnetism AS91526 Content covers . . . Magnetism/magnetic Fields - magnetic flux - flux density - Faraday’s Law of induction - Lenz’s law - Why induction happens - Eddy currents and applications. - Inductance - inductors - current/voltage time graphs - time constant - energy stored - back emf - mutual inductance & transformers . . . Clip art is supplied on the pptx file

Physics course notes and exercises booklet (31 pages) for Level 3 NCEA Electricity & Magnetism AS91526 Content covers . . . Intro to A.C. - generation of waveform - peak & RMS values - using phasors - Current Voltage Resistance Reactance Impedance - rectification - Capacitors in AC circuits - voltage phase shifts - Inductors in AC circuits - Resonance in RCL circuits Answers to exercises. This version (Oct '23) replaces previous edition which has had errors checked & corrected Additional Excel spreadsheet utility I use for RCL calculations & graphing. Clip Art Objects on separate PPTX file

Physics course notes and exercises booklet (23 pages) for Level 3 NCEA Electricity & Magnetism AS91526 Content covers . . . Electric Fields - voltage & potential work & energy - Capacitance - dielectrics - series & parallel capacitors - charging/discharging in DC circuit - R-C circuit & time constant - graphs - energy stored. Answers to numerical questions, This version (Oct '23) replaces previous edition which has had errors checked & corrected

Overview/revision/summary of Inertia momentum impulse and applications of Newton’s 3 laws of motion .

NZ Year 12 NCEA course material extracts . . .If you download it please review it! Contains Explaining how Scalars & Vectors differ. . . Defining distance/displacement speed/velocity Expressing directions as compass bearings - Describing & drawing force & velocity vector diagrams in 1 and 2 dimensions Difference between Free body diagram & force vector diagram Resolving a vector into horizontal & vertical components Vectors of balanced forces closed polygon vectors when in equilibrium Finding change of velocity by vector subtraction. Answers to questions

Updated version of 2023 course booklet - minor errors corrected. Covers: Charge, current, resistance voltage & power - Emf, current and internal resistance in cells. - Kirchhoff’s current & voltage laws - circuit loop calculations, Clip art supplied as MS powerpoint file

Teaching notes & resources for aspects of heat energy. Applicable for Year 11/level 1 NCEA in NZ. You might find some of the pages useful as A3 wall posters?? Work in progress. . . August - December 2024 Tweaks & corrections will be made during this period. files to be uploaded on. . . Heat & Heat transfer Temperature Heat Capacity Latent Heat / change of state Calorimetry if you find typos/errors etc notify me info@simplyphysics.org

Pages from our course notes introducing angular measurement of displacement, velocity, acceleration, rotational kinematics, torque inertia etc. …

10 page pdf booklet that covers correct use of scientific calculators including common keys & functions, understanding of scientific notation/standard form/exponents and interpreting displays. Aimed at students who persistently copy their calculator displays onto their test papers instead of converting it to standard form!! This update replaces “calculators and calculations” that has been removed from the site,

Course notes and exercises for NCEA level 3 physics