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(PDF), Last Updated: 03 July 2007
Teaching from Autumn 2004, examination in 2006. Please note: Minor amendments only.

GCSE Physics offers two tiers of entry: Foundation Tier and Higher Tier. Students entering for the Foundation Tier are eligible for the award of grades C-G. Students entering for the Higher Tier are eligible for the award of grades A*-E. This allows students from a wide ability range to demonstrate achievement.

Both the Foundation Tier and Higher Tier courses are divided into six sections of study:

Section 1: Energy

Section 2: Forces

Section 3: Waves, Sound and Light

Section 4: Electricity and Magnetism

Section 5: Radioactivity

Section 6: Earth in Space

The content for each section appears below:


Energy Forces Waves, Sound and Light
  • Forms of Energy
  • Energy Resources
  • Work and Power
  • Conservation of Energy
  • Efficiency
  • Heat Transfer
  • Expansion

 

  • Effects of a Force ( Newton's Law of Motion)
  • Mass and Weight
  • Density
  • Hooke’s Law
  • Moments
  • Centre of Mass
  • Pressure
  • Hydraulic Machines
  • Motion
  • Equations of Motion
  • Graphs/Displacement/Time/
    Velocity
  • Newton's 1 st Law of Motion
  • Newton's 2 nd Law of Motion
  • Acceleration of Free Fall
  • Momentum
  • Conservation of Momentum
  • Circular Motion
  • Waves
  • Sound
  • Light
  • Refraction
  • Total Internal Reflection
  • Dispersion
  • The Electromagnetic Spectrum
  • Lenses

Electricity and
Magnetism 		Radioactivity Earth in Space
  • Static Charge
  • Charge Flow
  • Electric Circuits
  • Ohms Law
  • Electricity in the Home
  • Electromagnetism
  • Electromagnetic Induction
  • Generation and T ransmission of Electricity
  • Transformers
  • Structure of the Atom
  • Structure of the Nucleus
  • Radioactivity
  • Half-Life
  • Fission and Fusion
  • Solar System
  • Gravitation
  • Galaxy
  • Light year
  • Nebular Model
  • Big Bang
  • Stars
  • Space Travel
  • Life on Other Planets