Physics

Course summary

We follow OCR A Physics, which covers the following topics. The six modules are each divided into key topics: Module 1: Development of practical skills in physics • Practical skills assessed in a written examination • Practical skills assessed in the practical endorsement Module 2: Foundations in physics • Physical quantities and units • Making measurements and analysing data • Nature of quantities Module 3: Forces and motion • Motion • Forces in action • Work, energy and power • Materials • Newton’s laws of motion and momentum Module 4: Electrons, waves and photons • Charge and current • Energy, power and resistance • Electrical circuits • Waves • Quantum physics Module 5: Newtonian world and astrophysics • Thermal physics • Circular motion • Oscillations • Gravitational fields • Astrophysics and cosmology Module 6: Particles and medical physics • Capacitors • Electric fields • Electromagnetism • Nuclear and particle physics • Medical imaging