Physics

Course summary

Year 12 Module 1 – Development of Practical Skills in Physics 1.1 Practical skills assessed in a written examination, 1.2 Practical skills assessed in the practical endorsement. Module 2 – Foundations of Physics 2.1 Physical quantities and units, 2.2 Making measurements and analysing data, 2.3 Nature of quantities. Module 3 – Forces and Motion 3.1 Motion, 3.2 Forces in action, 3.3 Work, energy and power, 3.4 Materials, 3.5 Newton’s laws of motion and momentum. Module 4 – Electrons, Waves and Photons 4.1 Charge and current, 4.2 Energy, power and resistance 4.3 Electrical circuits, 4.4 Waves, 4.5 Quantum physics. Year 13 Module 5 – Newtonian World and Astrophysics 5.1 Thermal physics, 5.2 Circular motion, 5.3 Oscillations, 5.4 Gravitational fields, 5.5 Astrophysics and cosmology. Module 6 – Particles and Medical Physics 6.1 Capacitors, 6.2 Electric fields, 6.3 Electromagnetism, 6.4 Nuclear and particle physics, 6.5 Medical imaging.