The Standard
Measurement
To succeed in this standard you need to develop your skills in measurement and be able to describe techniques you use to increase the accuracy and validity of your data.
You will work through this measurement booklet in class, you can download another copy by clicking on the image to the left. The booklet also covers; using measuring length & time, reading scales, plotting graphs, interpreting straight line graphs and converting non-linear graphs into linear graphs. |
Bouncing Mass Exemplar
So you have completed the bouncing mass experiment and marked your work. This exemplar shows answers that would earn a high excellence grade for the same task. You are not expected to work at this level, but I does show the type of critical thinking that is required for excellence.
Make sure you turn on the comments that are attached to this document (review - show comments) to get further hints and reasoning behind answers. You can also you this marking schedule to to check mark your own work. Read carefully the requirements for achieved, merit and excellence grades. |
reading around Torque
Having some basic understanding around the concepts of torque may be useful for the strength of your discussion in your 2.1 assessment. The following resources will help you with your self directed study:
- Pages 118 to 122 in your ESA book
- This page from hyperphysics, especially the part about: "But since g appears on both sides of the equation, it can be factored out and just the masses and lengths used for the calculation"