Physics

Course summary

The A level Physics course has been specifically designed to encourage you to: • progress confidently from previous IGCSE studies in Physics • develop in-depth knowledge and understanding of the principles of Physics • gain hands-on practical skills and data analysis skills • appreciate the relevance of Physics in the world around us • see how Physics links to other sciences and how it underpins many important technologies A-level Physics students will be encouraged to read a variety of engaging and challenging Physics books, as well as to attend TSI Science talks where they are actively encouraged to deliver a presentation on a topic of interest to them. Students are welcome to find competitions and challenges they want to enter. Gather a team and we will support you in any way we can. Examples include the Physics Olympiad, Space Design Competition, Weizmann Safe-Cracking, CubeSat and AstroPi, to name but a few! One of our recent AstroPi teams got to the final with their experiment running on the International Space Station itself. We run an annual trip to CERN. Students will have the opportunity to meet real scientists and visit the world-renowned site. Most excitingly, we should be able to travel underground to see the LHC and one of the giant detectors that uncovered the Higgs Boson, along with a host of other exciting events, including visiting the antimatter factory, made famous by the Da Vinci Code.