Course content
Unit P2 continued
- What does the current through an electrical circuit depend on?
- What is mains electricity and how can it be used safely?
- Why do we need to know the power of electrical appliances?
- What happens to radioactive substances when they decay?
- What are nuclear fission and nuclear fusion?
Unit P3
- How do forces have a turning effect?
- What keeps bodies moving in a circle?
- What provides the centripetal force for planets and satellites?
- What do mirrors and lenses do to light?
- What is sound? What is ultrasound and how can it be used?
- How can electricity be used to make things move?
- How do generators work? How do transformers work?
- What is the life history of stars?
Recommended book list and websites
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
S-cool
BBC Science Space site
Homework/coursework requirements
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.
