Formula just right for physics

THE third week of the Leaving Certificate began with the examination of around 8,200 physics students.

TUI spokesperson Michael Gillespie said students were very happy with section A of the higher level paper on practical work. He said everything in section B was straightforward.

The placement of the optional topics in Question 11 was unusual but students would have been pleased that it featured eight parts, Mr Gillespie said. Students should have been prepared for a question about the photoelectric effect, first explained by Albert Einstein 100 years ago, and will also have been pleased with questions about two Irish scientists, Walton and Callan.