Key stage 5 Physics (Year 12-13)
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Year 12 |
Year 13 |
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Term 1
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- Motion
- Forces in action
- Charge and current
- Energy, power, and resistance
- Waves
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- Thermal physics
- Oscillations
- Gravitational fields
- Astrophysics and cosmology
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Assessment
week 1
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There will be 1 exam, which is 1h 30 long, covering year 1 content:
Module 1: Development of practical skills in physics
- Practical skills assessed in a written examination
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
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| Term 2 |
- Work, energy, and power
- Newton’s laws of motion and momentum
- Electrical circuits
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- Nuclear and particle physics
- Medical imaging
- Electric fields
- Capacitors
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| Assessment |
- Motion
- Forces in action
- Work, energy, and power
- Charge and current
- Energy, power, and resistance
- Waves
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Trial exam – 2 papers:
Paper 1 exam containing content from:
- Motion
- Forces in action
- Work, energy, and power
- Charge and current
- Energy, power, and resistance
- Waves
- Work, energy, and power
- Newton’s laws of motion and momentum
- Electrical circuits
- Materials
- Quantum physics
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| Term 3 |
· Materials
· Quantum physics
· Circular motion
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| Assessment |
Resit trial exam (for a small number of students) consisting of content from the above units: (excluding circular motion) |
Resit trials (as trial information above) |
| Assessment |
Trial exam – full paper 1 consisting of content from the following units:
- Motion
- Forces in action
- Work, energy, and power
- Charge and current
- Energy, power, and resistance
- Waves
- Work, energy, and power
- Newton’s laws of motion and momentum
- Electrical circuits
- Materials
- Quantum physics
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