On Saturday, 1 November 2014, Pudak Scientific held training for teachers who will prepare students for the practical test of Cambridge IGCSE (International General Certificate of Secondary Education)/O-Level for physics. The main speaker of this training was Dr. Philips N. Gunawidjaja, a physics lecturer of Universitas Katolik Prahyangan Bandung.

The participants of this training was teachers of schools in Bandung that apply the Cambridge curriculum, which include SMPK 1 Penabur, SMPK Penabur Singgasana, SMPK Trimulia, and SMAK Trimulia, as well as a teacher from Philippines. 

By attending this training these teachers were expected to know how to solve the test problems in a certain time limit, be able to assemble the practice equipment that will be faced by students, and know the practical test’s assessment method.

Because Cambridge curriculum is a curriculum that uses English as its medium of instruction, therefore, for a better understanding of the test concept, all activities of material explanation, equipment practice, and discussion in this training was conducted in English.

The first session of this training was introduction of Cambridge Curriculum, introduction of paper 3 (0-level) and Paper 5 (IGCSE) of the Practical Test, and data collection of the Cambridge test tools provided.

In this training participants had practices that included:

• Determine the mass of a half-meter ruler.
• Determine the focal length of a lens.
• Determine the power dissipated in an arrangement of resistors.
• Determine a value for the power loss from a beaker of water at a particular time.

The methods of equipment assemble and assessment of this practical test was explained by Dr. Philips N. Gunawidjaja in the second session.

The activities were continued with the introduction of Practical test of Paper 5 (IGCSE). In this activity participants were invited to assemble an experiment tool according to the Cambridge test, as well as analyzing the data. The experiment tool was the experiment of investigating the resistance value of a capacitor and investigating light reflection of plane mirror.

The last activity was demonstration of computer based science experiment that was explained by Pudak Scientific Team. The computer based science experiments will accommodate sensor based equipment for physics experiment.