Cambridge AS & A Level Physics
PSPractical skills
Practical skills in Cambridge AS & A Level Physics: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
Syllabus section135 practice questions5 lessons
Overview
Not a content section of the syllabus: our grouping of the Practical assessment section (Papers 3 and 5) and the Mathematical requirements.
In this topic
Lessons
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Measuring instruments, light gates and the oscilloscope
40 min
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Recording results, tables and graphs in practical physics
40 min
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Planning a physics investigation
35 min
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Data analysis: logarithms, error bars and worst lines
40 min
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Uncertainty in readings, limitations and improvements
40 min
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