The first of two programs on measurement, a core topic
in the Year 12 Physics International Baccalaureate course.
The program deals with the following questions:
- why is measurement important in science?
- why is uncertainty inevitable in measurements?
- the importance of multiple measurements,
and of averaging the results - outliers
- how to estimate the range of uncertainty in a measurement
- accuracy vs precision
- how to manage uncertainty when adding, subtracting,
multiplying or dividing measurements - expressing uncertainty in standard form
The program concludes with a practical exercise: students are
shown how to measure the Sun’s diameter and then estimate
the uncertainty in their results.
ONLINE PREVIEW
| Teacher Notes | Yes |
| Year Levels | Senior secondary |
| Format | DVD |
| Duration | 23 min |
| Year Produced | 2008 |
| School Price | $110 incl GST (+$8 p&h In Aust/ elsewhere POA) |
