Exam Board: SQA Level: Higher Subject: Physics First Teaching: August 2018 First Exam: June 2019
Ensure that students are prepared for every aspect of their Higher Physics assessment with the only textbook that offers comprehensive coverage of the updated SQA syllabus requirements.
- Provides clear and comprehensive coverage of the specification with each section of the book matching a unit of the new syllabus and each chapter corresponding to a content area
- Supports the 'researching physics' section in an appendix, covering key skills required by physics students and deals with data analysis, what can reasonably be inferred and what cannot, how we arrive at conclusions and what those conclusions mean
- Helps students to prepare for exams: each chapter contains examples of numerical, open ended and discursive type questions and combines strong coverage of essential Physics for Higher with new material and innovative teaching approaches
Paul Chambers is Senior Lecturer in Science Education at the University of Strathclyde, leading the Physics PGDE programme. The author of over 20 books for schools, Paul has also taught in various schools in Glasgow and delivered teacher education globally. Mark Ramsay is Deputy Headteacher at George Watson's College, delivering Higher and Advanced Higher courses. A former Head of Physics, Mark was also a member of the SQA Qualification Design Team responsible for writing both the revised Higher and Advanced Higher courses. He is a highly experienced SQA marker, question setter and verifier. Iain Moore is a Teaching Fellow at the University of Strathclyde, a role that includes assisting with the science element of the Primary Teaching PGDE and the Physics PGDE. Formerly a Principal Teacher of Physics, he is currently a member of the Institute of Physics Scotland committee, has a PhD in semiconductor device modelling and has been an SQA marker and question writer.
