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AQA GCSE Physics

AQA Physics (8463)8 topics75 lessons

AQA GCSE Physics revision for AQA Physics (8463): 8 topics and 75 short lessons, each with R.E.C.I.P.E. recall steps and a quiz. The topics follow the AQA specification.

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1. Energy

6 lessons

  1. Energy stores and systems
  2. Changes in energy
  3. Energy changes in systems
  4. Power
  5. Energy transfers in a system
  6. Efficiency

2. Electricity

11 lessons

  1. Standard circuit diagram symbols
  2. Electrical charge and current
  3. Current, resistance and potential difference
  4. Resistors
  5. Direct and alternating potential difference
  6. Mains electricity
  7. Power
  8. Energy transfers in everyday appliances
  9. The National Grid
  10. Static charge
  11. Electric fields

3. Particle model of matter

8 lessons

  1. Density of materials
  2. Changes of state
  3. Internal energy
  4. Temperature changes in a system and specific heat capacity
  5. Changes of state and specific latent heat
  6. Particle motion in gases
  7. Pressure in gases (physics only)
  8. Increasing the pressure of a gas (physics only) (HT only)

4. Atomic structure

12 lessons

  1. The structure of an atom
  2. Mass number, atomic number and isotopes
  3. The development of the model of the atom (common content with chemistry)
  4. Radioactive decay and nuclear radiation
  5. Nuclear equations
  6. Half-lives and the random nature of radioactive decay
  7. Radioactive contamination
  8. Background radiation
  9. Different half-lives of radioactive isotopes
  10. Uses of nuclear radiation
  11. Nuclear fission
  12. Nuclear fusion

5. Forces

12 lessons

  1. Scalar and vector quantities
  2. Contact and non-contact forces
  3. Gravity
  4. Resultant forces
  5. Pressure in a fluid
  6. Atmospheric pressure
  7. Describing motion along a line
  8. Forces, accelerations and Newton's Laws of motion
  9. Forces and braking
  10. Momentum is a property of moving objects
  11. Conservation of momentum
  12. Changes in momentum (physics only)

6. Waves

13 lessons

  1. Transverse and longitudinal waves
  2. Properties of waves
  3. Reflection of waves (physics only)
  4. Sound waves (physics only) (HT only)
  5. Waves for detection and exploration (physics only) (HT only)
  6. Types of electromagnetic waves
  7. Properties of electromagnetic waves 1
  8. Properties of electromagnetic waves 2
  9. Uses and applications of electromagnetic waves
  10. Lenses (physics only)
  11. Visible light (physics only)
  12. Emission and absorption of infrared radiation
  13. Perfect black bodies and radiation

7. Magnetism and electromagnetism

10 lessons

  1. Poles of a magnet
  2. Magnetic fields
  3. Electromagnetism
  4. Fleming's left-hand rule (HT only)
  5. Electric motors (HT only)
  6. Loudspeakers (physics only) (HT only)
  7. Induced potential (HT only)
  8. Uses of the generator effect (HT only)
  9. Microphones (HT only)
  10. Transformers (HT only)

8. Space physics (physics only)

3 lessons

  1. Our solar system
  2. The life cycle of a star
  3. Orbital motion, natural and artificial satellites