Chapter 22: The Physics In Practice Investigation
The 40% investigative component: choosing a question, researching it, gathering and processing primary data, and giving an authentic account of how the work unfolded.
The chapter problem
Your investigation. You will choose an issue, research it, gather your own data on it, and write an honest account of what happened — including what you would change. This chapter is the guide to doing that well, and it is worth more of your mark than any other single piece of work in the course.
Where it is used: Research, experiment design, data handling and scientific writing.
Your turn to connect it: What have you wondered about in physics this year that nobody has given you a number for?
Sections
- 22.1 Reading the brief and choosing a question — tier O · refs 1.3
- 22.2 Researching from secondary sources — tier O · refs 1.3
- 22.3 Designing the investigation and gathering primary data — tier O · refs 1.4
- 22.4 Processing and evaluating your data — tier O · refs 1.4
- 22.5 Writing the report — tier O · refs 1.3
- 22.6 Reviewing the whole course — tier O · refs 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 3.1, 4.1