Physics

Year 12

	Topic taught
Term 1	• Fundamentals of physics   • Work, energy and power   • Materials
Term 2	• Electrical circuits   • An introduction to wave behaviour
Term 3	• Wave interference   • Electrical circuits in depth
Term 4	• Wave interference   • Electrical circuits in depth
Term 5	• Quantum physics   • Thermal physics
Term 6	• Circular motion   • Simple harmonic motion
Summer holiday	• Research project on area of physics of their choice (part of the practical endorsement)

 

Year 13

	Topic taught
Term 1	• Ideal gas behaviour   • Gravitational fields   • Astrophysics
Term 2	• Capacitors   • Electric fields   • Medical imaging
Term 3	• Nuclear and particle physics
Term 4	• Electromagnetism