Physics

Course summary

Module 1: Development of practical skills in Physics 12 practical investigations looking at all aspects of experimental physics. Module 2: Foundations of Physics Physical quantities and vector quantities in two dimensions. Module 3: Forces and motion Velocity, acceleration, force, work, energy and power and we introduce materials physics and cover momentum. Module 4: Electrons, waves and photons Charge, energy and current, then move into the strange world of quantum physics. Module 5: Newtonian world and Astrophysics Newton’s view of the universe; thermal physics, circular motion and oscillations. We also look at gravitational fields, astrophysics and cosmology. Module 6: Particles and medical physics Capacitors, electric fields and electromagnetism (including magnetics fields and induction), and nuclear physics and particle physics.