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The draft martices and supporting notes doe L1 science and L2,3 Physics etc are now on the NZASE website.<div><br></div><div>There is also a questionnaire form.</div><div><br></div><div>All in all, I don't think it is all bad, but I am a bit confused by how it will work and by the amount of internal standards. (Yes, I will feed back on the questionnaire)</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>In the meantime, as I know there are people more in the know out there than me, can I ask a few questions:</div><div><br></div><div>Upon first reading, P1.3 has much of the 4 Physics ach. standards we are doing now, but less on the nature of waves and, of course, no fission/fusion.</div><div><br></div><div>It looks a a lot like the Science AS90191 but with waves (light) added.</div><div><br></div><div>Am I missing anything?</div><div><br></div><div>The presenter at the meeting on Monday said that a lot of the maths was disappearing from the P1.3 Physics paper (at least, that is what I thought she said), but I'm not sure how you can teach/test much of the content of this P1.3 without quite a bit of maths. </div><div><br></div><div>Perhaps I misheard, or can anyone shed light on the 'mathemetical content'</div><div><br></div><div>I am not sure what the 1.2 Internal will look like. I am probably being dense, but again, is anyone there able to flesh out the bones?</div><div><br></div><div>Also, I can't find the exact quotes, now that I am looking for them, but am I right that 1.1 and 1.2 internals are not (at present) to be done for EACH science, but once only for Science?</div><div><br></div><div>If you can't do a 1.1, 1.2 say JUST for physics - is it possible to justify a full PHYSICS year 11 course on say P1.3, P1.4 and perhaps PS1.5 = 13 credits plus a shared few credits from the 1.1 / 1.2 done perhaps in biology?</div><div><br></div><div>We have in the past run most courses as 24 credit courses (with a few exceptions!). There is a clear message coming through that we ought to be offering only around 20 credits. That said, I know of some of my pupils being offered places at universities based on gaining the full 24 credits offered in Physics (medicine, I think). Will that change?</div><div><br></div><div>Another question. (Sorry, I am still quite new to NCEA and am having the greatest of trouble catching up....). If there are to be a maximum of three papers per sitting and 5 externals in science...what happens if someone JUST wants to do Physics for example. Do they enter the exam and do one paper in 3 hours, discarding the other two? Would this show on their certificate/grades?</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>If anyone is able to share any deeper knowledge I (and possibly others on the forum) would be most grateful ;-)</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><div style="">David King</div><div style="">Physics HoD</div><div style="">Christ's College</div><div style="">Private Bag 4900</div><div style="">Christchurch</div><div style="">New Zealand</div><div style="font-size: 12px; "><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><div style="font-size: 12px; "><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span> </div><br></div></body></html>