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LearningTargets

Knowledge andUnderstanding

Values andAttitudes

Skills andProcesses

NSS Physics

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Curriculum Framework(270 hours)

Compulsory Part(200 hours)

Elective Part(54 hours)

Investigative Studies(16 hours)

Heat Transfer and Gases(25 hours)

Force & Motion(55 hours)

Wave Motion(48 hours)

Electricity & Magnetism(56 hours)

Energy & Use of Energy(27 hours)

Radioactivity& Nuclear Energy(16 hours)

Astronomy andSpace Science

(27 hours)

Atomic World(27 hours)

Medical Physics(27 hours)

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Compulsory Part (200 hours)

• 80% of the curriculum content is built on the current S4-5 Physics Curriculum

• Remaining is based on some of the topics in the current AL Physics

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• In-depth treatment, extension, or synthesis of knowledge

• 4 topics, namelyAstronomy and Space ScienceAtomic WorldEnergy and Use of Energy*Medical Physics*

• 2 out of 4 • Lesson time: 27 hours each

Elective Part (54 hours)

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Investigative Study (I.S.)

• Students should conduct an investigation with a view to solving an authentic problem

• 16 hours• I.S. is a collaborative (group-based) scientific

experimental investigation

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Examples:• Building a box which has the best effect of

keeping the temperature of an object or has the best cooling effect

• Principle and application of a solar cell• Construction and testing of a wind turbine• Measuring the speed of a water rocket

Investigative Study (I.S.) (cont’d)

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Assessment

20% / 1 hourM.C. and Structured questions

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20%3School-based Assessment

60% / 2½ hoursSection A: M.C. (24%)1

on compulsory part

Practical related tasks and non-practical

related tasks

Section B: (36%)Short, structured, essay

questions

Weighting & Duration

Description Paper

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School-Based Assessment

No. of Assessments Area A Area B EXPT I.S. EXPT I.S. 20% 10% 20% 10%

SS3 ≥≥≥≥ 1 ≥≥≥≥ 1 SS2 ≥≥≥≥ 1

1 ≥≥≥≥ 1

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SS1

(1) Practical Related Assessments (60% of SBA)

Area A : Performance in practical workArea B : Reporting of practical workI.S. : Investigative Study

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No. of Assessments Assignment and/or Examination 40%

SS3 (2 ASSN) or (1 ASSN + 1 EXAM) SS2 (2 ASSN) or (1 ASSN + 1 EXAM) SS1

Note : In 2012 & 2013, only the SBA marks for practical related assessment are required to submit to HKEAA. Moreover, the marks of ‘Investigative Study’are NOT required at this stage.

School-Based Assessment(2) Non-Practical Related Assessments (40% of SBA)

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School-Based AssessmentExamples of assignments:

• Read, analyse and report the works of some physicists in their contribution toward the understanding of the universe

• Design a poster / pamphlet / web page advising on ways in which people can use energy more efficiently

• Report scientific knowledge and concepts acquired after a visit to a power station or the HK Science Museum

• Construct animation to illustrate the process of fission / fusion

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Standard-referenced reporting

� New system of levels to be designed to encompass full range of student abilities

• Standards for Level 1 to be set at a threshold level that almost all students can achieve with persistence and effort

• Standards for Levels 4 and 5 to be set at a level of interest to local and overseas universities

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