Cambridge Checkpoints QCE Physics Units 1-4

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About the Authors

Stephen Pinel has been a science teacher for over 20 years during which he has taught Senior Physics in several Queensland metropolitan and rural schools, as well as teaching overseas. He has been a Head of Science for 10 years with extensive experience in the development of Physics work programs and assessment processes. He has also been involved with Physics assessment as a QCAA District Panel Member and Chair for Physics.

Gary Turner has been teaching for 16 years in regional schools. Gary was a member of the State Panel for the 1995 Physics syllabus, and a QCAA District Panel Chair (2009–19) for the 2007 Syllabus. After a Ph.D. in the 1980s in Auckland, and some Physics research (Wellington), Gary spent 15 years operating a weekly newspaper before retraining to talk science to teenagers, with positions as Head of Senior Studies at a small P-12 school and the past 9 years as Head of Science at a large P-12 school.The Interactive Textbook is available as a two-calendar-year subscription. Your subscription term is defined as follows: if activation occurs between January and July of this year, subscription concludes on 31 December in the following year. If activation occurs between August and December of this year, subscription concludes on 31 December in the year after the following.