Marking Criteria for Physics School Based Assessments

LAYOUT DIAGRAM 2. Headings Graphs

1. Date • Large diagrams ( ≥ ½ page ). • Symbol 1. Title: Written at the top of the graph

2. Aim • Two (2) dimensional only • Unit

2. Label Axes
• Drawn and labelled using a sharp • Uncertainty/Errors (if applicable)
3. Apparatus • Symbol
pencil • Example: (l ± 0.1) cm, (t ± 0.2) s,
4. Labelled Diagram • Units
(V ± 0.1) V • Multiple/Sub Multiples (where
5. Method LABELS applicable)
6. Data • Indicated by parallel lines with • Recorded Value must have decimal • Manipulated Variable (horizontal axis)
7. Graph no arrowheads places to smallest decimal of • Responding variable (vertical axis)
8. Calculation • Reasonable distribution on instrument used
9. Discussion either side of diagram • The number of decimal places in each 3. Scale
• Must be in lower case column of recorded data must be • Convenient
10. Conclusion consistent with the precision of the • Maximize Page (˃75%)
METHOD measuring instrument. • Both Vertical & Horizontal scales
AIM written at top right hand corner
• Written in reported speech/past • The uncertainty in the measurement
States the purpose of the experiment
tense should be recorded.
Examples: 4 Accurate Plots of points
• Bulleted points • Minimum of eight data values for
1. To determine the spring • Graduating both axes
constant of a spring • Identify which instrument was straight line graphs • Use of the dot and circle method for
2. To measure the specific heat used to measure which physical • Minimum of twenty (20) data values plotting points...Diameter ˂0.2 cm
capacity of a substance. quantity in the experiment. for curves.
3. To investigate the • Identify all precautions used in • Repeated readings (when possible) 5 Curve of best fit
relationship between voltage the measurements • Averaging Reading (when possible) • Least Squares Method
and current for a DATA • Continuous Lines
• Even thickness
semiconductor diode
1. Vertical Tabulation 4. Calculated/derived values must be written
(a) Closed Table 6. Determination of gradient
APPARATUS to the same number of significant figures as • Largest possible triangle (> 75% of page)
List all apparatus used in the (b) Headings on Top the recorded data (typically, three significant • Correct number of significant figures
experiment figures) • Does the gradient have units?

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Graphs (continued) CALCULATIONS DISCUSSION: CONCLUSION

• Clearly show points of interest
(with annotations) 1. Use a formula to show the 1. Answer questions Make a concise statement based on the AIM
relationship between quantities of the experiment
Intercept 2. Compare theoretical and experimental
• Read accurately Eg F = kx values Examples:
• Show values (with units) on
graph 2. Rearrangement of an equation 3. Explain any differences/deviation from 1. The spring constant o the spring was
if necessary
theory 23.2 Nm-1
1. Accuracy of calculation If
I = Io e-µx 4. Ways in which the experiment may be 2. The specific heat capacity of the
improved. block of metal was 860 J kg-1 k-1
2. Units where required.
Finding logs:
3. For a positive polarity of voltage, the
ln I = - µx + ln Io current increased exponentially with
voltage
A graph of ln I vs x is of the form:
y = mx + c For a negative polarity in voltage,
where m = -µ and c = ln Io there was no current detected.

3. Conversion of units (when

required)

4. Answers to the appropriate

numbers of significant figures

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