Practical Companions for A Level OCR Physics A
Transform A Level practicals with these targeted resources – specially designed for CPAC (Common Practical Assessment Criteria) mastery! Move away from prescriptive methods and give your students independence with planning tasks, method scaffolds and exam-style evaluation. Student instructions provide clear guidance to ensure no steps are missed, and full teacher notes are also included!
- Pre-lab tasks empower students to develop their own practical methods!
- Follow-up tasks and exam-style questions provide valuable practice of analysis and evaluation
- Organisation and planning made simple:
- Sample data and answers for analysis - for when the practicals go wrong!
- Technician notes simplify preparation
- Easy progress tracking with CPAC cross-reference tables
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What do teachers say about this resource? (12019, 12020)
Overall, this resource stands out as a high-quality tool for student engagement, particularly due to its extensive use of dummy data for prelab tasks and practical paper revision in AQA.
This resource is a robust, comprehensive, and user-friendly tool that makes teaching and learning physics more engaging and effective.
The aspect I particularly like is the integration of CPAC opportunities that guide students on what to focus on and assist teachers in practical instruction. The provision of safety and technician notes is an extremely valuable addition, especially for new or trainee teachers.
The resource enriches learning by allowing students to gain hands-on experience with practical work. It aligns well with the AQA's emphasis on practical skills and helps students understand the importance of safety in the laboratory.
The layout and presentation of the resource are excellent. The clear and detailed instructions, the well-presented dummy data, and the derivation of maths equations for practical use are notably effective.
The resource interprets the AQA specification exceptionally well, making a complex subject accessible and engaging. I would definitely purchase this resource for my teaching as it is a valuable asset that could significantly improve the quality of practical instruction in my classes.
A very useful resource for teachers and laboratory technicians. It gives useful data for each experiment and a pictorial practical set up for each of the practicals. The CPAC skills are matched. Includes several questions as a starter to the practical and expected results for each practical, graphs and extra questions which are examination style suitable for both AQA and OCR. It stretches students' understanding of the topic the experiment originates from, and helps with the understanding of uncertainty. Safety precautions are also given for each experiment.
Would be difficult to improve this resource.
What do teachers say about this resource? (11805, 11806)
A very useful resource for teachers and laboratory technicians for both the AQA and OCR A Level Physics specification. It gives useful data for each experiment. It is good that it shows how the practical is to be set up for the technicians.
It helps understand the experiment and stretches students' understanding of the topic where the experiment originates from, and helps with the understanding of uncertainty.
Would be difficult to improve this resource as it is of high quality already. I would gladly purchase this resource.
Keywords
- A Level OCR Physics (H556/H557)
- A Level Practical Companion
- A Level Science Practical Companion
- A Level OCR Physics Component 01
- A Level OCR Physics Component 03
- Development of practical skills in physics
- Foundations of physics
- Forces and motion
- Electrons, waves and photons
- A Level Physics Practical Companion
- Science Practical Companion
- A Level OCR Physics Component 02
- Newtonian world and astrophysics
- Particles and medical physics