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- Those students wishing to acquire sufficient knowledge and understanding so that they may pursue further studies in Physics, Engineering, Medicine, Dentistry, or other science related career/studies beyond school. Students who enjoy stimulating and intellectually challenging work.
- Those who have not yet determined their career route, but wish to keep their options open as long as possible.
- Those who have an enquiring mind and who wish to find out more about the underlying laws of nature and how man has utilized them.
- Students who enjoy problem solving and a practical dimension to their studies.
- Those who wish to gain a greater insight than that afforded by GCSE but for whom A Level will be an end point to their Physics studies.
- For those who wish to study just one of the sciences at A Level as part of their overall science.
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PH1 |
Motion, Energy and Change 1 ½ hour Written Paper 80 marks [120 UMS] Approx 7 structured questions. No question choice. No sections. |
20% |
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PH2 |
Waves and Particles 1 ½ hour Written Paper 80 marks [120 UMS] Approx 7 structured questions. No question choice. No sections. |
20% |
| PH3 |
Practical Physics Internal Assessment 48 marks [60 UMS] Experimental tasks, performed under controlled conditions, based upon experimental techniques developed in the AS course. |
10% |
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PH4 |
Oscillations and Fields 1 ½ hour Written Paper 80 marks [108 UMS] Approx 7 questions. Includes synoptic assessment. No question choice. No sections. |
18% |
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PH5 |
Electromagnetism, Nuclei and Options 1¾ hour written paper 100 marks [132 UMS] Section A: Approximately 5 questions on the compulsory content of the unit. 60 marks Section B: Case Study, synoptic in nature, based upon open-source material distributed by the board. 20 marks Section C: Options: Alternating Currents, Revolutions, Materials, Medical Physics, Energy. 20 marks |
22% |
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PH6 |
Experimental & Synoptic Assessment Internal Assessment [UMS = 60] An experimental task (25 marks), and a data-analysis task (25 marks) performed under controlled conditions, both synoptic in nature. |
10% |
- Assessment units PH1, PH2 and PH4 are available in the winter examination series. All units are available in the summer examination series.
- Synoptic assessment is included in PH4 and PH5. It is inherent in the internal assessment PH6.
