Specification
In each module, students study the following content:
| Module: |
Content: |
| AS 1: Forces, Energy and Electricity |
- Physical Quantities
- Scalars and Vectors
- Linear Motion
- Dynamics
- Newton ’s Law of Motion
- Principle of Moments
- Work Done, Potential and Kinetic Energy
- Deformation of Solids
- Electric Current and Charge
- Potential Difference and Electromotive Force
- Resistance and Resistivity
- Direct Current Circuits
|
| AS 2: Waves, Photons and Medical Physics |
- Waves
- Refraction
- Lenses
- Superposition and Interference
- Diffraction
- Sound
- Imaging Techniques
- Photon Model
- Quantum Physics
- Wave-Particle Duality
|
| AS 3:
Practical Techniques |
- Planning
- Implementing
- Analysis
- Evaluation
- Communication
|
A2 1:
Momentum, Thermal Physics,
Circular Motion,
Oscillations and Atomic and Nuclear Physic
|
- Linear Momentum
- Thermal Physics
- Uniform Circular Motion
- Simple Harmonic Motion
- The Nucleus
- Nuclear Decay
- Nuclear Energy
- Nuclear Fission
- Nuclear Fusion
|
| A2 2: Fields and their Applications |
- Force Fields
- Gravitational Fields
- Electric Fields
- Capacitors
- Magnetic Fields
- Deflection of Charged Particles in Electric and Magnetic Fields
- Particle Accelerators
- Fundamental Particles
|
| A2 3:
Practical Techniques
|
- Planning
- Implementing
- Analysis
- Evaluation
- Communication
|
