An updated guide to preparing for and completing the upcoming VCE Physics exam.

Electric fields, Electric field lines - between plates, Electric field lines around particles, Electric field between charged particles, Coulomb’s law, Calculating with Coulomb’s law, Electric field strength, Electric fields & work, Speed of charged particles in electric fields

Dynamic microphone, Condenser microphone, Carbon microphone, Frequency response curves, Sound recording, Amplifiers, Loudspeakers

Definitions, Why optical fibres?, Light emitting diodes, Light dependent resistors, A light sensing circuit, Photodiodes, Phototransistors, Remote control circuit, Digital data, Binary numbers, Pulse Code Modulation, Light modulation

Australia’s energy usage, Why is sustainable energy important?, Energy transformations & efficiency, Solar energy, Photovoltaic cells, Solar energy calculations, Wind power, Wind power calculations, Hydro power, Hydro power calculations, Biofuels.

What is light?, The electromagnetic spectrum, Waves, Wave equations, Light as electromagnetic radiation, Polarisation, Colour, Colour addition, Colour subtraction, Interference & structural colour

The human eye, Near point, Lens power, Short sightedness (Myopia), Long sightedness (Hypermetropia), Using lenses

Refraction, Converging lens, Diverging lens, Images in convex (converging) lenses, The human eye, Images in concave (diverging) lenses, The lens & mirror equation, Image formation - summary

Reflection - formation of images, Reflection in concave mirrors, Reflection in convex mirrors, The lens & mirror equation

Reflection, Formation of images, Refraction, Refractive index, Snell’s law, Total internal refraction, Critical angle, Apparent depth, Dispersion of colour

Energy, Work, Gravitational potential energy, Kinetic energy, Work calculations, Ramps, Energy transformations, Elastic potential energy, Efficiency, Power

Momentum, Calculating momentum changes, Impulse, Force & time - Airbags, Conservation of momentum, Conservation of momentum calculation

Gravity and Newton’s third law, Tension and pulleys, Car towing a trailer, Inclined planes

Forces, Forces as vectors, Resolving vectors, Explaining motion - Aristotle vs Newton, Newton’s first law, Newton’s second law, Weight, Calculating acceleration, Newton’s third law, Moving forward, Gravity & Newton’s third law

Displacement, velocity and acceleration, Velocity-time graph, The five kinematics equations, Solving kinematics problems, Gravity

Constant velocity, Constant acceleration, Interpreting position-time graphs, Interpreting velocity-time graphs, Solving problems with graphs

Motion as a vector, Vector resolution, Vectors in two dimensions, Distance & displacement, Speed & velocity, Acceleration, Acceleration while changing direction

The nucleus, Nuclear fission, Chain reactions, Mass defect, Atomic mass units , Uranium 235 fission, Energy released: E = mc2, Binding energy

A look at the effects of radiation and the calculation of doses.

Radioisotopes all have a characteristic half-live, that measures the time taken to decay. This podcast looks at the calculations involving half-lives.