GCSE Physics
Dates Available
- Week 1: Monday 4 April – Friday 8 April
- Week 2: Monday 11 April – Friday 15 April
- Week 3: Monday 18 April – Friday 22 April
Suitable for all exam boards
Length of Course
20 hours
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, Isotapes and notation, radioactive decay and half-life.
Topic 3 – Forces (Topics 3-4): 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 gasses, fission and fusion, moments, pressure in fluids, momentum and impulse, sound, lenses, electromagnetic induction and space physics.
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