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Science 1.2 Investigate implications of electricity and magnetism for everyday life

Achievement criteria

The type of achievement you will reach is decided by the way you answer each question.  From your answers the assessor will assess your understanding of the topics of the achievement standard.

On this page: Achievement | Achievement with Merit | Achievement with Excellence

Achievement

Investigate implications of electricity and magnetism for everyday life.

This involves showing awareness of how science is involved in an issue that you encounter in your everyday life. This requires at least one of the following:

• the collection of primary evidence from an investigation and relating it to the scientific theory relevant to the issue
• the collection of secondary evidence and the identification of the scientific theory relevant to the issue under investigation.  The issue must involve two different views, positions, perspectives, arguments, explanations, or opinions.

Implications of electricity and magnetism for everyday life may relate to issues involving individuals, groups of people, society in general, the environment, or natural phenomena

Aspects of electricity and magnetism may be chosen by you, and include but are not limited to:

• Static Electricity: positive and negative charge, conductors and insulators, uniform and non-uniform charge distributions, earthing, electrical discharge in air, separation of charge by friction, charging by contact.
• Direct Current Electricity: voltage, current, resistance, power, series circuits and simple parallel circuits, circuit diagrams, the relationships that are relevant to the investigation.
  Formulae: V = IR,  P = IV,
• Magnetism: magnetic field directions (bar magnets, the earth’s magnetic field, magnetic fields due to currents in straight wires and solenoids); the right-hand grip rule; electromagnets; the relationships that are relevant to the investigation.

Achievement with merit

Investigate, in- depth, implications of electricity and magnetism for everyday life.

This involves providing reasons for the way science is involved in this issue.  This requires at least one of the following:

• the collection of primary evidence from an investigation and relating it to the scientific theory relevant to the issue in order to give an explanation of the issue being investigated
• the collection of sufficient relevant secondary evidence and the application of the identified scientific theory relevant to the issue to explain the different views, positions, perspectives, arguments, explanations, or opinions of the issue under investigation.

Make sure you can meet the requirements for Achievement.

Achievement with excellence

Investigate, comprehensively, implications of electricity and magnetism for everyday life.

This involves providing reasons and linking them in a way that clearly explains the science that is involved in this issue.  This requires at least one of the following:

• the collection of primary evidence from an investigation and relating to the scientific theory relevant to the issue in order to give a it comprehensive and critical explanation of the issue being investigated
• the collection of sufficient relevant secondary evidence and the application of the identified scientific theory relevant to the issue to critically evaluate the different views, positions, perspectives, arguments, explanations, or opinions of the issue under investigation.

Make sure you can meet the requirements for Merit.

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