Philippa

158 posts

Philippa

Philippa

@PMWynne

Physicist, mathematician, teacher, mum

Katılım Eylül 2015
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Rebekah Toher
Rebekah Toher@ToherPhysics·
PHYSICS TEACHERS if anybody is changing exam boards to Pearson Edexcel please get in touch. I am happy to share a wealth of resources I have accumulated over the years!!
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Philippa
Philippa@PMWynne·
@TheMarescaEra @ChatPhysics Rightly so. But remember the grade boundaries will be adjusted so you should still get the grade you were expecting. You have to pick yourself up ready for paper 3
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Philippa
Philippa@PMWynne·
@ChatPhysics Sorry, I made a sweeping generalisation. The students I teach (~40) thought it was fair, and are happy and positive going into paper 2
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Philippa@PMWynne·
@DrBARAndrews @BenyohaiPhysics @CurlyMan66 Why bother having 1,2,3 if we call them all fails? Surely a level would be better, with no pass/fail, and then what level is needed to others to a level. I'd rather an overhaul of the system but if not....
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FFT Education Datalab
FFT Education Datalab@FFTEduDatalab·
The chances of a girl from a single sex school going on to enter A-Level physics are around 3.1 times higher than those of a girl from a mixed school. But how much of this is to do with the single sex environment and how much with other factors? ffteducationdatalab.org.uk/2023/07/why-ar…
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Philippa
Philippa@PMWynne·
@edmunds_dr @chagsy6 Standing vertical jump female record seems to be ~80cm. I managed nowhere near that (unfit female) but my athletic male students weren't close either
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Peter Edmunds 🦄
Peter Edmunds 🦄@edmunds_dr·
@PMWynne @chagsy6 Yeah tbh, I guess for this question I used knowledge outside of physics. I used to be a sprinter & knew what a reasonable box jump was. The option lower that gave something like 20cm is way too low
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Peter Edmunds 🦄
Peter Edmunds 🦄@edmunds_dr·
Just in case anybody else is complaining to AQA about their A level papers this year: I'm absolutely sure that there is no correct option to question 18 in paper 1. Worth going over it yourself and checking - I'm going to go over papers 2 and 3 today.
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Philippa@PMWynne·
@edmunds_dr @chagsy6 😂 this caused huge debate. I couldn't have done it without standing up and jumping. Highly improbable she could move her centre of mass 1m.
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Peter Edmunds 🦄
Peter Edmunds 🦄@edmunds_dr·
@chagsy6 I had a 1m jump as the estimate, which came out at 4.4m/s so I picked 4m/s
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GBPhysics
GBPhysics@gavbrown1979·
Having taught AQA A Level physics for 18 years, I am seriously considering OCR. Looking at the recent papers I feel they re written at a far more appropriate level.@ChatPhysics @Hookean1 Can anyone who has made this change in recent years give me feedback ony found it
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Philippa@PMWynne·
@harmsy @ChatPhysics I agree that it was unfair, it's really thrown some of mine, particularly the hard working ones who feel like their hard work have paid off in the exam. I'm thinking of switching, what makes you think changes will not be far away?
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Andrew Harmsworth FRAS ☀️
@ChatPhysics Unfair. Considering options and actively looking at alternatives, but conscious that changes will not be too far away (ultimately).
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Chat Physics
Chat Physics@ChatPhysics·
There has been much discussion about 2023 A level Physics papers, especially from AQA - papers too dissimilar to previous papers, or too challenging etc. How did you feel overall and are you intending to do anything about it?
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Philippa
Philippa@PMWynne·
@vievewright @STEMyBanda @Ms_D_Sci @ChatPhysics 3A was too difficult. I'm considering a change of exam board because I don't think it's right to put my students through what AQA papers put them through. Hard working, intelligent students finding it inaccessible is not what you want after a 2 year course
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Philippa@PMWynne·
@cossettej Tried this today and thought it was great for collaboration and thinking. Great idea, thank you
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Joe Cossette
Joe Cossette@cossettej·
It's MCwordle season!! Five more days before the IB Physics Exams!! 😬 Details about MCwordle for collaborative Multiple Choice practice on the blog for anyone who hasn't tried the "fastest growing game in the nation" yet 😉 passionatelycurioussci.weebly.com/blog/mcwordle-…
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