Course curriculum

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    Welcome Information

    • Online Portal Navigation

    • Physics Study & Practice

    • Contents
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    1. Energy

    • Kinetic Energy

    • Elastic Potential Energy

    • Gravitational Potential Energy

    • Specific Heat Capacity

    • Energy Transfers - Pendulum

    • Energy Transfers - Bungee Jumper

    • Work done by a force

    • Calculating Power

    • Efficiency

    • Cooling of buildings

    • Required Practical 1 - Specific Heat Capacity

    • Required Practical 2 - Thermal Insulators

    • Energy from Fossil Fuels

    • Nuclear Power

    • The UK energy mix

    • Renewable sources of energy
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    2. Electricity

    • Current in Series Circuits

    • Current in Parallel Circuits

    • Potential difference in Series Circuits

    • Potential difference in Parallel Series

    • Potential difference from batteries

    • Charge in Circuits

    • Calculating Energy Transfer by Componenets

    • Resistance

    • Resistors

    • Resistance of a filament lamp

    • Diodes and LEDs

    • Resistors in Series and Parallel

    • Light - Dependent Resistors

    • Thermistors

    • Required Practical 3 - Resistance

    • Required Practical 4 - Current - P.D. Characteristics

    • Energy Transfer by Appliances

    • Calculating Energy Transferred by Appliances

    • Power of Components

    • DC and AC Supply

    • Mains Electricity

    • The National Grid

    • Static Electricity

    • Electric Fields
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    3. Particle Model of Matter

    • Density

    • Required Practical 5 - Density

    • Internal Energy

    • Specific Heat Capacity

    • Heating and cooling graphs

    • Specific Latent Heat

    • Particle Motion in Gases

    • Pressure in Gases

    • Work done on a gas
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    4. Atomic Structure and Radioactivity

    • Atomic Structure

    • Atomic and Mass numbers

    • Alpha- Scattering and the Nuclear Model

    • Radioactivity

    • Properties in Alpha,Beta and Gamma radiation

    • Nuclear Equations

    • Half-Life

    • Irradiation and Contamination

    • Background Radiation

    • Nuclear Radiation in Medicine

    • Nuclear Fission and Nuclear Fusion
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    5. Required Practicals Paper 1

    • Practical 1 - Specific Heat Capacity

    • Required Practical 2 - Thermal Insulators

    • Required Practical 3 - Resistance

    • Required Practical 4 - Current - P.D. Characteristics

    • Required Practical 5 - Density
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    6. Forces

    • Scalar and Vector Quantities

    • Contact and Non-Contact Forces

    • Gravity and Weight

    • Resultant Forces

    • Vector Diagrams

    • Resolving Forces

    • Work Done and Energy Transfer

    • Forces and Elasticity

    • Required Practical 6 - Stretching a Spring

    • Moments

    • Balanced Moments

    • Levers and Gears

    • Pressure in Fluids

    • Floating or Sinking

    • Speed

    • Velocity

    • Distance-Time Graphs

    • Acceleration 1

    • Acceleration 2

    • Newton's First Law of Motion

    • Newton's Second Law of Motion

    • Newton's Third Law of Motion

    • Forces acting on a skydiver

    • Required Practical 7 - Acceleration

    • Vehicle Stopping Distance

    • Force and Braking

    • Momentum

    • Conservation of Momentum

    • Change in Momentum
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    7. Waves

    • Transverse and Longitudinal Waves

    • Properties of Waves

    • The Wave Equation

    • Required Practical 8 - Waves in a Solid

    • Required Practical 8 - Ripple Tank

    • Reflection of Waves

    • Required Practical 9 - Reflection and Refraction

    • Sound Waves

    • Ultrasound

    • Seismic Waves

    • Electromagnetic waves

    • Refraction of waves

    • Required Practical 10 - Infrared

    • Properties of Waves 2

    • Uses of EM Waves

    • Convex Lenses

    • Magnifying Glasses

    • Concave Lenses

    • Visible Light

    • Black Body Radiation
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    8. Magnetism

    • Permanent and Induced Magnets

    • Magnetic Fields

    • Electromagnets

    • Electromagnetic Devices

    • The Motor Effect

    • The Electric Motor

    • Loudspeakers and Headphones

    • The Generator Effect

    • The Alternator and Dynamo

    • The Microphone

    • Transformers

    • Transformer Calculations
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    9. Space Physics

    • The Solar System

    • Lifecycle of Stars

    • Orbital Motion

    • Red Shift
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    10. Required Practicals Paper 2

    • Required Practical 6 - Stretching a Spring

    • Required Practical 7 - Acceleration

    • Required Practical 8 - Ripple Tank

    • Required Practical 8 - Waves in a Solid

    • Required Practical 9 - Reflection and Refraction

    • Required Practical 10 - Infrared