QCE Physics

Half of your QCE Physics result is earned at school, in the data test (IA1), the student experiment (IA2) and the research investigation (IA3). The other half is decided in two external papers. This guide prepares you for all of it.

You may take an approved graphics or scientific calculator into both papers, and every calculation in this book works on a scientific one. QCAA also gives you its Physics formula and data book. This guide walks you through it section by section, then lists what it leaves out, such as hand rules and vector components, so you know exactly what to carry in your head.

Inside this guide:
- Every Unit 3 and 4 topic, taught and practised: gravity and motion, electromagnetism, special relativity, quantum theory and the Standard Model
- A guided tour of the formula and data book, and what it does not print
- A toolkit chapter on uncertainty, graphs and straightening curves, with worked examples
- A What's Changed chapter, including the new lepton and baryon number calculations and the renamed particle interaction diagrams
- IA1, the data test: a routine for any unseen dataset, plus a full practice data test with worked solutions
- IA2 and IA3: annotated original reports and plain-English notes on what each criterion rewards
- Try It tasks and practice questions in every topic chapter, each with a worked answer
- Annotated High-Scoring Responses that show exactly where the marks are earned
- A full-length practice external assessment, Paper 1 and Paper 2, with worked solutions
- A glossary of the terms you need

Every calculation is set out step by step in plain English, with Queensland contexts from a CityCat on the Brisbane River to a rugby league kick-off. Every question and worked solution was written for this book.

Written to the current QCAA Physics syllabus, for any student whose course follows it.