GCSE Physics
Dates Available
- Week 1: Monday 3 April – Friday 7 April
- Week 2: Monday 10 April – Friday 14 April
- Week 3: Monday 17 April – Friday 21 April
(Good Friday is 7 April 2023; Easter Monday is 10 April 2023)
Boards
Suitable for all exam boards.
Length of Course
Five half day sessions, 20 hours total.
Times
9.00am to 12.30pm or 1.00pm to 4.30pm daily.
Topic 1 – Energy and Electricity (Topics 1-2):
Energy transfers, conservation of energy, efficiency, energy resources, circuits, current-voltage characteristics, resistance, domestic electricity and electrical energy.
Topic 2 – Atoms and Particles (Topics 3-4):
Solid, liquid and gas, density, internal energy (SHC/SLH), atomic structure/model, Isotopes and nuclide notation, radioactive decay and half-life.
Topic 3 – Forces (Topic 5):
Contact and non-contact forces, resultant forces and their effects, motion in a straight line, motion graphs, Hooke’s Law, work done, terminal velocity and stopping distances.
Topic 4 – Waves and Electromagnetism (Topic 6-7):
Wave properties, transverse and longitudinal, EM waves, exposure/dose, magnetic fields, electromagnetism, electric motors.
Topic 5 – Triple Science (Physics):
Static electricity, ideal gases, fission and fusion, moments, pressure in fluids, momentum and impulse, sound, lenses, electromagnetic induction and space physics.
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