Physics is a versatile subject (it has to be to study and describe everything in the universe). It teachs you skills that many employers look for and apply to many careers in later life BUT more importantly throughout your life no matter what career path you choose, will constantly be exposed to issues and decisions that…
Exam Technique
Just like any athlete will try to replicate the conditions they will be competing under, so should you. This allows you to hone-in your exam technique, build confidence and double check your understanding before the big day. An athlete wouldn’t spend the day before a competition wearing themselves out by doing the full run, and…
Worksheet Generator
A huge part of spaced practice is re-visiting questions from the topics you have already studied in class, not just concentrating on questions from your current topic. I’ve created a number of games to play with a friend; battleships, blockbusters, connect-4. The following game sheets were created using Excel and have been designed to ask…
Techniques for Learning
The techniques below have often what students use to revise. But building your pack of resources is an incredibly useful method to encode/enforce the information you have learned in class. Only after you have made your resources can you use them alongside spaced practice to ensure you can retrieve that knowledge. The more you practice retrieving…
Guidance for Supporting Probationers 2021
I recently watched the ASE webinar “possible strategies for heads of science supporting future NQTs” (if you are interested it’s free, but password protected: ASECOVID3). I thought it would be useful to provide a ‘quick’ summary where I can as the support for probationers next year is going to be important. They have missed out on about…
Past Papers
Use this link to download the SQA National 5 relationship sheet and data sheet. Each paper contains questions covering the following areas and range of marks. Remember it’s best practice to answer the questions without your notes first time, then correct your answers with a different colour. 2023 Questions Solutions 2022 Questions Solutions 2019 Questions Hints Solutions 2018…
Course Content
The following links are provided in order for students to revise and will also aid them in completing the homework tasks. Resource Number Topic Covering 1 Systems and Control Booklet N4/5 2 Electronic Components Booklet 3 Logic Booklet 4 Energy Calculations Booklet 5 Mechanical and Structural Calculations Booklet 6 Mechanical Systems 7 Pnuematics Booklet…
Physics with Mr Burke 