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GCSE: Waves

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122 GCSE Waves essays

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  1. Marked by a teacher

    Are mobile phones dangerous? Research Project.

    3 star(s)

    Overall the writing is of a good standard but some reformatting of the text and also the addition of footnotes would help with the flow of the essay. Also include…

    • Essay length: 2658 words
    • Submitted: 28/01/2013
    • Marked by teacher: (?) Ed Mguni 22/02/2013
  2. Marked by a teacher

    Experiment to Investigate which Factors Affect the Strength of an Electromagnet

    3 star(s)

    This is an average piece of work. There is little evidence of true scientific understanding of magnetism. However, there is an understanding of how to undertake an investigation and how…

    • Essay length: 560 words
    • Submitted: 11/07/2002
    • Marked by teacher: (?) Kate Gardiner 01/03/2013
  3. Marked by a teacher

    Physics of Music - How a guitar works.

    I consider this piece of work to be 4 stars as it displays excellent Physics knowledge on Sound in musical instruments. Very accurate points made and a good understanding of…

    • Essay length: 538 words
    • Submitted: 29/01/2004
    • Marked by teacher: (?) Kate Gardiner 13/03/2013
  4. Peer reviewed

    Graphs illustrating variants of y = sin x.

    5 star(s)

    This essay responds strongly to the task of investigating the sine function. For GCSE, this essay explores all the relevant transformations of the curve. Technical terms such as amplitude are…

    • Essay length: 1010 words
    • Submitted: 25/09/2003
    • Reviewed by: (?) groat 23/04/2012
  5. Peer reviewed

    Investigation of the response of a microphone / loudspeaker over a range of frequencies

    5 star(s)

    The focus of the experiment is done well. The candidate achieves what they set out to do, and although there are minor things wrong in places, the experiment is…

    • Essay length: 927 words
    • Submitted: 26/08/2003
    • Reviewed by: (?) skatealexia 26/08/2012
  6. Peer reviewed

    What Is Fibre Optics

    5 star(s)

    Overall, this is a brilliant piece of work, explaining everything about fibre optics at a GCSE level. You have explained the uses for fibre optics, how they work, as well…

    • Essay length: 1147 words
    • Submitted: 18/08/2003
    • Reviewed by: (?) pratstercs 22/02/2012
  7. Peer reviewed

    Optics - the human eye and coomon defects

    4 star(s)

    Response to the question is done well. The candidate outlines a few common defects after explaining a bit about the biology of the eye and then explains how these can…

    • Essay length: 651 words
    • Submitted: 26/05/2009
    • Reviewed by: (?) skatealexia 03/07/2012
  8. Peer reviewed

    Mobile Phone case study

    4 star(s)

    The candidate has sensibly included a contents page, which is often a good idea if you are writing a report that includes several pages of work, as it allows the…

    • Essay length: 1413 words
    • Submitted: 05/05/2009
    • Reviewed by: (?) pictureperfect 27/07/2012
  9. Peer reviewed

    How does the number of coils on an electromagnet affect its strength?

    4 star(s)

    Overall a good piece of work for this level. Accounts for anything that might bias or confound the results and repeats the experiment in light of this which is to…

    • Essay length: 1038 words
    • Submitted: 21/03/2005
    • Reviewed by: (?) skatealexia 22/04/2012
  10. Peer reviewed

    Physics of water waves.

    4 star(s)

    The essay does not start with an introduction which is a shame as this would have introduced well what they were going to talk about in the essay and provide…

    • Essay length: 603 words
    • Submitted: 21/10/2003
    • Reviewed by: (?) skatealexia 05/08/2012

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