Scholarship – Dr. Marcus Wilson
Below you can find the links to specific Scholarship Physics questions completed by Dr. Marcus Wilson from the University of Waikato. He has graciously offered these videos for free as he desires to model the unvarnished problem solving process of Scholarship level Physics. There is no better resource for your Scholarship Physics preparation. You can read more from Marcus at his Physics blog: Physics Stop.
Please Note: Links open to YouTube in a new window/tab. Also, Marcus does not always complete the questions in the order of the paper. He recommends doing your best questions first. There may be some comments which seem out of context because of this.
If you are looking for the Physics Lounge Scholarship Videos (usually much shorter, but lacking the valuable detail in Marcus’ videos) see here. If you are looking for the old Scholarship Physics section see here.
2014
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Introduction – part 1
(What these videos are all about – please watch)
Introduction – part 2
(Reading the paper and setting the strategy – approx 25 min)
Q1 GENERAL RELATIVITY
Gamma ray detection when falling through gravitational fields
Question 1 (a)
Question 1 (b)
Question 1 (c)
Question 1 (d)
Q2 BUNGY JUMPING
Conservation of Energy and SHM
Question 2 (a)
Question 2 (b)
Question 2 (c)
Question 2 (d)
Question 2 (e)
Q3 THE BLOCK
Momentum and centre of mass
Question 3 (a)
Question 3 (b)
Question 3 (c)
Question 3 (d)
Question 3 (e)
Q4 THE WOODEN SHEETS
Friction and forces
Question 4 (a)
Question 4 (b)
Question 4 (c)
Question 4 (d)
Q5 CAPACITORS
DC, dielectrics, and motion
Question 5 (a)
Question 5 (b)
Question 5 (c)
Question 5 (d)
Wrap up (finishing comments from Marcus)
2013
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Introduction
(What these videos are all about – please watch)
Q1 MODERN PHYSICS
Photoelectric Effect, Emission Spectrum, Fission & Fusion, Absorption Spectrum
Question 1 (a)
Question 1 (b)
Question 1 (c)
Q2 AC CIRCUIT THEORY
LCR and LR circuits, Resonance
Question 2 (a)
Question 2 (b)
Question 2 (c)
Question 2 (d)
Q3 INTERFERENCE
Young’s Double Slit Experiment (with some interesting variations)
Question 3 (a)
Question 3 (b)
Question 3 (c)
Question 3 (d)
Question 3 (e)
Q4 WAVE MOTION
Bobbing cork and a bobbing ship
Question 4 (a)
Question 4 (b)
Question 4 (c)
Question 4 (d)
Question 4 (e)
Q5 THE A-FRAME LADDER
Frictionless considerations, conservation of momentum, tension and other Mechanics aspects
Question 5 (a)
Question 5 (b)
Question 5 (c)
Question 5 (d)
Wrap up (finishing comments from Marcus)
2012
Download the paper (right-click to save)
Introduction – part 1
(What these videos are all about – please watch)
Introduction – part 2
(Reading the paper and setting the strategy – approx 25 min)
Q1 MODERN PHYSICS
Photoelectric effect, fission, and relativity
Question 1 (a) – part 1
Question 1 (a) – part 2
Question 1 (b) – part 1
Question 1 (b) – part 2
Question 1 (b) – part 3
Q2 INDUCTANCE
Resistor and inductor comparison in AC, aluminium ring floating above a coil with a laminated iron core
Question 2 (a) – part 1
Question 2 (a) – part 2
Question 2 (b)
Question 2 (c)
Question 2 (d)
Q3 DOPPLER EFFECT
Moving source and observer, parallel pathway for source
Question 3 (a)
Question 3 (b)
Question 3 (c)
Question 3 (d)
Q4 MOTION
Vertical projectile motion, elastic collsion, collision system using coefficient of restitution
Question 4 (a)
Question 4 (b)
Question 4 (c)
Question 4 (d)
Q5 PHYSICS COMPILATION
Martian satellite, cells in a loop, resistor network, point charge force interaction
Question 5 (a)
Question 5 (b)
Question 5 (c)
Question 5 (d)
Q6 SIMPLE HARMONIC GRAVITY
SHM in a hole through the Earth, comparison to low-Earth orbit, equatorial vs polar tunnel through the Earth
Question 6 (a)
Question 6 (b)
Question 6 (c)
Question 6 (d)
Full playlist for 2012 (in the order Marcus did the questions)
