Practical Planning

Below are some of the practical PAGs and models that may be assessed this year. These will be updated throughout the year.

PAG 2 Determine Young Modulus of a wire under tension

PAG 2 Force-extension characteristics for a spring, rubber band and polythene strip. Materials

Hooke's Law. Materials

Diffraction of a laser. PAG 5

Model of expanding universe. Cosmology

Use of gold leaf electroscope to demonstrate photoelectric effect

PAG 6. Measuring Planck constant

Plotting the magnetic field around a current carrying wire and a permanent magnet

Measuring B using a magnet, wire and pan balance

Investigate transformers

Investigate magnetic flux using search coils

Measuring the wavelength of a laser

Measuring speed of a wave with a ripple tank

Measure the superposition of sound, microwaves and light

Polarising effects of light

Young Double-slits

Refraction and TIR

Using an Oscilloscope

Refraction

Resonance in a tube

Mass on a spring

Resonance and damping of a system

Pendula

Measuring half-life of protactinium

Half-Life dice

Demonstrating the penetrative capabilities of alpha beta gamma

Inverse square law

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