Writing practical methods in Physics exams

Writing practical methods can be straightforward if you follow this simple recipe:

1. What is the independent variable? How are you changing it?
2. What are the dependent variables?
3. What are the control variables? How are you ensuring these do not change?
4. What are you measuring? What instruments are you using? How are you using them?
5. Are you taking repeats? Discarding anomalies? Computing means?
6. Are you processing the data? Drawing graphs?
7. Are there any safety considerations?

The same recipe works for GCSE Physics and A-Level Physics. In the video below, I work through two six-mark level assessed practical methods questions from AQA GCSE Physics. You may find it useful!

There are other top tips within the video above, so it is worth the investment of 15 minutes and 16 seconds.

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