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A 21st Century School for boys and girls

 

 

Physics

BCS Curriculum

Classics & Humanities
English
Expressive Arts
I.C.T. /Computing
Learning Support
Library
Maths & Economics
Modern Languages
Music
P.E. & Games
Psychology
PHSE
Science & Technology
Sixth Form
Exam Results
Future Development

 

Staff

B D Murphy MA

J Moyle BSc

Technician: L Green

Year 9 topics

The work covered aims to give a firm foundation for the GCSE Course.

Energy

Forces

Electricity

 

Earth & Universe

Waves

Electromagnetism

There is a comprehensive series of practical activities to compliment the theory, including a visit to Explore @Bristol.

These investigations are also intended to improve the GCSE coursework skills of Planning, Obtaining data, Analysis and Evaluation.

GCSE Physics

Physics is studied as part of the OCR GCSE Science Dual Award (1983) examinations.

Coursework represents 20% of the total assessment.

Year 10 topics

Matter

Motion

Heat and Gases

Electrical Circuits

Earth and Universe

Wave Properties

Using Waves

Year 11 topics

Magnetism and Electromagnetism

Radioactivity

Communication

AS Physics

Students study AQA Physics B specification (5456/6456)

The three modules studied are:

PHB1    Foundation Physics

PHB2   Waves and Nuclear Physics

PHB3    Experimental Work

A2 Physics

PHB4   Further Physics           

PHB5   Fields and their applications

PHB6Experimental work
 

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