Physics

Course summary

YEAR 12 Module 1 – Development of practical skills in physics Module 2 – Foundations of physics (Physical quantities and units, analysing data, nature of quantities) Module 3 – Forces and motion (Motion, forces, work, energy, power, materials, Newton’s law of motion, momentum) Module 4 – Electrons, waves and photons (Current, charge, energy, power, resistance, electrical circuits, waves, quantum physics) YEAR 13 Module 5 – Newtonian world and astrophysics (Thermal physics, circular motion, oscillations, gravitational fields, astrophysics, cosmology) Module 6 – Particles and medical physics (Capacitors, electric fields, electromagnetism, nuclear and particles physics, medical imaging)