You dig deeper and it gets more and more complicated, and you get

confused, and it’s tricky, and it’s hard, but…it is beautiful. -Brian Cox

You should enjoy the kind of thinking that you have to do in Physics topics at GCSE.

•Unit 10+11 Electricity

•Unit 4+5 waves and the electromagnetic spectrum.

•Unit 12 Magnetism and the motor effect.

•Unit 13 Electromagnetic Induction.

•Unit 2, 8+9 Forces and their effect.

Physics

Physics at AS and A level

• How does it work?

• Why does it work the way it does?

• Can we predict how that will work?

• Is there a better model?

Salters’ approach• The sixth form course is very much based in the

real world.

• Your everyday experiences should help you to understand Physics - as well as, hopefully

• Physics and the techniques of physics, helping you to understand the real world.

• Changes:

– 16 core experiments.

– Change to the order of units

– Maths content

Salters’ Horners Year 12 unitsTeacher 1 Teacher 2

Higher, Faster, Stronger:

Forces, velocity, acceleration etc

Technology in Space:Current, internal resistance and EMF

The Sound of Music:Waves and superposition.

Good Enough to Eat:Energy, viscosity, materials properties etc

Spare Part Surgery:Stress, strain and Youngs modulus

Digging up the Past.

Resistance and resistivity.

Olympics, sport and rock climbing

Satellites and conditions in space

How do CD/DVD/Blu-rays work?

Time team and Geophysics.

The confectionary industry

Prosthetic limbs

Salters’ Horners Physics at A levelComponent Exam Length A2 content

Paper 1:Advanced Physics 1

Transport on Track; The Medium is the Message; Probing the Heart of the Matter.

AS units:Higher, Faster, Stronger; Technology in Space; Digging

up the Past.

105 minutes90 marks

30%

Paper 2:Advanced Physics 2

Reach for the Stars; Build or Bust.AS units:

The Sound of Music; Good Enough to Eat; Spare Part Surgery.

105 minutes90 marks 30%

Paper 3:General and Practical Principles in Physics

Covers all topics across both years.Half of the paper will cover conceptual and theoretical understanding of experimental methods. Drawing on

experience during 16 core practical investigations.

150 minutes120 marks

40%

Ofsted say about Physics…2013

• The quality of teaching in the sixth form is at least good with much being outstanding. As a consequence, students are encouraged to opt for more traditional subjects such as mathematics and sciences and achieve results at AS and A level much higher than the national average.

Previously

• In A Level physics, standards were very high and were in the top five per cent nationally.

• The students appreciated the efforts made on their behalf and the compliments included a reference to ‘inspirational teaching in physics’. Such high praise is rarely heard by inspection teams.

• Teaching is very good and students learn well; they are challenged in lessons by some demanding work.

• The students have a very positive attitude to their studies and there is a shared commitment to succeed between students and teachers.

• Accommodation and resources are very good and students are well supported by appropriate textbooks and the availability of electronic resource material.

Physicists have gone on to study:Chemistry University of Warwick

Biotechnology University of Surrey

Electrical and Electronic Engineering Newcastle University

Materials Engineering Loughborough University

Law Demontfort University

Mechanical Engineering University of Southampton

Physics University of Warwick

Aeronautics and Astronautics / Aerodynamics University of Southampton

Computer Science wth Placement University of Bath

Mathematics Coventry University

Music and Sound Recording University of Surrey

Civil Engineering University of Exeter

Medicine University of East Anglia

Computer Science University of Reading

Mechanical Engineering Plymouth University

Natural Sciences University of York

Integrated Mechanical and Electrical Engineering University of Bath

Mathmatics University of Kent

Mathematics University of York

Electrical Engineering University of Southampton

Physics and Astrophysics The University of Birmingham

Computing Imperial College London