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GCSE Physics aims to give students opportunities to:
- Develop their interest in, and enthusiasm for, physics;
- Develop a critical approach to scientific evidence and methods;
- Acquire and apply skills, knowledge and understanding of how science works and its essential role in society;
- Acquire scientific skills, knowledge and understanding necessary for progression to further learning.
| P1 - Energy for the home |
P2 - Living for the future |
P3 - Forces for transport |
- Heating houses
- Keeping houses warm
- How insulation works
- Cooking with waves
- Infra-red signals
- Wireless signals
- Light
- Stable Earth
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- Power station
- Nuclear radiations
- Our magnetic field
- Exploring our solar system
- Threats to Earth
- The big bang
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- Speed
- Changing speed
- Forces and motion
- Work and power
- Energy on the move
- Crumple zones
- Falling safely
- The energy of games and theme rides
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| P4 - Radiation for life |
P5 - Space for reflection |
P6 - Electricity for gadgets |
- Electrostatics – sparks
- Use of electrostatics
- Safe electricals
- Ultrasound
- Treatment
- What is radioactivity?
- Use of radioisotopes
- Fission
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- Satellites, gravity and circular motion
- Vectors and equations of motion
- Projectile motion
- Satellite communication
- Nature of waves
- Refraction of waves
- Optics
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- Resisting
- Sharing
- Motoring
- Generating
- Transforming
- Charging
- It’s logical
- Even more logical
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Assessment
In each specification there are three units of assessment: two externally set and marked unit examinations, each testing three teaching modules, and one Skills Assessment Unit.
| External Unit Exam to test teaching modules P1, P2, P5 |
External Unit Exam to test teaching modules P3, P4, P6 |
Skills Assessment Unit from Science or Additional Science |
| 60 minutes 33.3% |
60 minutes 33.3% |
- Science Research Topic 13.3%
- Data Task 16.6%,
- Practical Skills 3.4%
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