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Sec 4 Physics Reflections sun1415 20/01/2013 – Electrostatics

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I completed the teaching of Electrostatics to this class of 6 eager boys from a top school. First I showed a video of how a home-made electroscope is used to determine the kind of charge on a rubbed insulator.

I like to link topics to real life, so I described to them one of my roles while serving NS – to attach cargo to the bottom of a helicopter in what is commonly known as “underslung” operations. But we have to discharge the helicopter first, which is flying above our heads, using a long earth wire, else we may get an electric shock.

We covered definitions, procedures and concepts such as electric field and electric field lines. I even taught them an A-Level formula, F = Qq/kr^2, so that they understand that the electric force between two charged particles is the same for both charges even though the sizes of the charge on them are different.

We also discussed answers to a challenging worksheet and true enough, the students have certain misconceptions about charges and their movement.

Next week, we’ll start on Current Electricity. It’ll be fun.

Ilyasa, M.Ed, PGDE, ex-MOE teacher

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Reflections on Sec 4 Physics class (9/12/12) …

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Just like in the Sec 4 A Math class ytdy, we revised Sec 3 Physics instead, but I will move on to Electricity in Jan 2013. The two students in this class are from Nan Hua and NJC, in case you want to know, although I find it strange that parents ask me which schs the students come from (I’ll write another article soon – ‘The kinds of parents who call me’). C’mon, if you are weak in Physics, you are weak in Physics, even if you are a graduate from Harvard. Apparently, parents are concerned about the syllabi. However, let me tell you something – even two IP schs or two non-IP schs can be at different topics in Physics at the same time. As for level of difficulty, Sec 4 Physics is Sec 4 Physics; no IP sch is going to teach Quantum Physics at Sec 4 ok, except, maybe, NUS High. In fact, some O-level sch prelim papers are harder than those of the IP schools.

We covered Kinematics and Moments ytdy, and as usual, students have misconceptions about free-falling objects, free body diagrams, kinematics graphs and what constitutes ‘perpendicular distance’ and ‘line of action of the force’ in the calculation of moments. Since they were new students, I also listed the 6 ways that examiners make physics questions difficult, and these have nothing to do with physics! (I will post an article abt this some time soon). Every year, I find that students THINK that they know Kinematics and Dynamics, but they can’t answer some conceptual questions I ask. Even some JC students have actually not understood their Sec 3 Physics!

Ilyasa

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Sec 4 Physics Nov/Dec 2012 Headstart Programme – Electricity

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The details of the 2-day, 6-hr programme are as follows:

Date/Time (choose one pair of sessions only):

(1) Sat 24 Nov (10 am to 1 pm) and Sun 25 Nov (10 am to 1 pm);

(2) Sat 8 Dec (10 am to 1 pm) and Sun 9 Dec (10 am to 1 pm);

Location: Blk 627, Bukit Batok Central, 07-640.

Class size: Max 6 students.

Investment amt: $150 total for both days (6 hrs).

Topics: Electrostatics, Current Electricity

Tutor:  Mr Ilyasa; M.Ed (NIE), PGDE (NIE), BSc (NUS), A-Level (RJC); ex-sch teacher, full-time tutor (8 years) of PSLE, O and A Level Math and Physics.

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Sec 4 Physics, A. Maths One-to-One Tuition

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Objective: Intensive Revision or Crash Course for O-Levels 2013

Focus: Understanding Key Concepts, Problem-Solving Techniques, Difficult Topics

 

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Mon 4pm – 7pm

Thur 1.30pm – 4.30pm, 8pm – 10pm

Fri 6pm – 8pm

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Investment Amt: $80 per hr

Tutor: Mr Ilyasa; M.Ed (NIE), PGDE (NIE), BSc (NUS), A-Level (RJC); ex-sch teacher, full-time tutor (8 years) of PSLE, O and A Level Math and Physics.

Location: Blk 627 Bukit Batok Central #07-640

Average Class Size: 2-6 students

 

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Sec 4 Pure Physics Intensive Revision for O-Level @ Bt Batok by qualified and exp. tutor

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If you need Topical Intensive Revision for Pure Physics for the coming O-Levels, the following programme is suitable for you:

Day/Time:  Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 6 pm to 7.30 pm (each slot is a different topic according to the Physics syllabus)

Start Date:  Monday, 27 August.

Location: Blk 627, Bukit Batok Central.

Class size: 2 to 5 students.

Investment amt: $50 per session.

Tutor:  Mr Ilyasa; M.Ed (NIE), PGDE (NIE), BSc (NUS), A-Level (RJC); ex-sec teacher (3 years); full-time tutor of O and A Level Math and Physics (8 years). To see his detailed resume, click here.

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New Sec 3 Pure Physics class ….

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Sec 3   Pure Physics:  (Investment amt:  $150 for 4 lessons).

Sunday 2.00pm to 3.30 pm; Course Code: s3physun200; (3 vacancies)

Starting 10 June 2012. The class size will be between 3 to 6 students the most.

This class will be taught by our Principal Tutor, Mr Ilyasa, a qualified teacher with more than ten years’ experience of teaching Physics from Sec 3 level to JC2. To see his resume, click here. To speak to him personally, call 97860411. To register for the class, sms Student Name and Course Code to 97860411. The first payment ($150) must be made before 10 June 2012 to reserve a place in the class. Thank you.

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Just finished Sec 4 IP Math and Physics tuition…

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Sunday mornings are very tiring for me – 2 hrs of Sec 4 IP Math followed by 1.5 hrs of Sec 4 Pure Physics tutoring. The topics we are doing now are Trigonometry, Differentiation and DC Circuits.

Apparently, some schools are slower than others. Sec 4 students should now already be doing Differentiation and DC Circuits, but some are still at graphs of trigonometrical functions and electrostatics or even sound!

Every year, my tuition students who are weak in Math come from two ‘very good’ schools in the west. I shall not name the schools but I think the lower sec Math teachers in these schools need to get closer supervision from their superiors. This is what I have been trying to tell parents – ‘good’ schools do not necessarily have good teachers. Some of these schools attain good results because their students are academically good in the first place, not because they have outstanding teachers. If you enter a ‘good’ school, chances are, the teachers there think you are already very smart, so they teach fast and make you do a lot of ‘independent’ learning, and justifying these actions using the ‘Teach Less Learn More’ philosophy.

Last but not least, I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again: SEC 2 MATH IS VERY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY THE ALGEBRA PART.

 

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New Sec 4 Pure Physics classes …

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Thus if you are considering Singapore Learner as your science practical training provider, you must register with us and begin your science practical sessions for each subject BEFORE APRIL for us to certify that you have attended basic science practical training. Thus it is recommended that you commence practical training with us in Jan/Feb. Please note students usually do about 10 practical sessions per subject to be competent in practicals.

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Reminder: New Sec 4 Pure Physics class starts on Sun, Dec 4, 12pm …..

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