Provincial Examinations

Grade 12 Provincial Examination Specifications

Physics 12

2008/09 Exam Specifications - Effective September 2008 through August 2009.

Changes and Revisions

Specifications

  • The Table of Specifications and Description of Examination (36 KB) show teachers and students how the Physics 12 curriculum will be tested on provincial examinations.

    • The Provincial examination represents 40% of the student's final letter grade and the classroom mark represents 60%.

    There may be a difference between school marks and provincial examination marks for individual students. Some students perform better on classroom tests and others on provincial examinations. School assessment measures performance on all curricular outcomes, whereas provincial examinations may evaluate performance on only a sample of these outcomes.

  • Description of the Provincial Examination (30 KB) provides a description of the examination.

  • Cognitive Levels links to the prescribed learning outcomes for Physics 12.

  • Curriculum Connections (714 KB) provide a link to the examinable Prescribed Learning Outcomes (PLOs).

  • Examination Terminology (26 KB) provides some physics-related terms commonly used on Physics 12 provincial examinations.

  • Student Reference (198 KB) provides some Physics 12 references, e.g. Fundamental Constants and Physical Data, Mathematical Formulae, Physics Formulae.

  • Ministry calculator policy (69 KB)

Samples