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

 

My son loves his teachers and is enthusiastic about his subject choices.
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