Physics

Course summary

There are six modules in the A level course: 1 Development of practical skills in Physics (questions about practical skills will come up in the exam papers as well as for the practical endorsement – see below) 2 Foundations of physics (quantities and units, measurements and analysis of data) 3 Forces and motion (mechanics, energy, materials science) 4 Electrons, waves and photons (electricity, waves and quantum mechanics) 5 Newtonian world and Astrophysics (thermodynamics, advanced mechanics, astrophysics and cosmology) 6 Particles and medical physics (electric fields and capacitors, electromagnetism, nuclear and particle physics, medical imaging)