Your IA for Physics makes up 50% of your final grade. You will have 3 IAs throughout
the year, which should cover much of the content you need to know. They include the Data Test (10% of your grade) and the Student Experiment (20% of your grade) which both cover unit 3, and the Research Investigation (20% of your grade) which covers unit 4. I suggest you use your internal assessment preparation wisely as this will put less pressure on you during the external exam period.
Use the syllabus
To maximize time – use the subject syllabus which tells you exactly what you need to know for the course – nothing more, nothing less. Before going through a topic, I would get out of my syllabus and generate a list of questions based on the dot points. Therefore, when you’re in class or learning on your own, you have primed yourself on what to look out for and you’ll filter for only relevant information.
Make summaries
I found that note taking was the single best way to consolidate your learning onto a
few pages and act as an easy place you can refer back to throughout the year. I used the questions I made for the syllabus as a guide while making notes and answered them in my own words. Using two or three resources throughout the year including: your teacher’s notes, YouTube videos (Khan Academy is great) and your textbook will stop you from being bogged down in the sea of resources out there.
While creating your summary, I suggest you use: