GCSE Physics - Year 10

Unit P1

1. How is heat (thermal energy) transferred and what factors affect the rate at which heat is transferred?
2. What is meant by the efficient use of energy?
3. Why are electrical devices so useful?
4. How should we generate the electricity we need?
5. What are the uses and hazards of the waves that form the electromagnetic spectrum?
6. What are the uses and dangers of emissions from radioactive substances?
7. What do we know about the origins of the Universe and how it continues to change?

Unit P2

1. How can we describe the way things move?
2. How do we make things speed up or slow down?
3. What happens to the movement energy when things speed up or slow down?
4. What is momentum?
5. What is static electricity, how can it be used and what is the connection between static electricity and electric currents?

GCSE Physics Revision Guide - Nelson Thornes

GCSE Bitesize Unit P1
GCSE Bitesize Units P2 and P3
GCSE Bitesize audio clips for Unit P1
GCSE Bitesize audio clips for Units P2 and P3
Andy Darvill's Science Site
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BBC Science Space site

A learning homework will be set each week.

The coursework requirement for this course is covered by in class Investigative Skills Assignments. Students design and carry out an investigation. They produce a results table and a graph that are marked and then sit a 45 minute exam paper about their investigation and related data. These are internally assessed and moderated by the exam board.