Physics
Overview
Physics and the problem-solving skills it develops is useful in many different jobs including agriculture, plans and land, environmental sciences, construction, engineering and manufacturing, medicine and nursing, medical technology, and science and research.
Physics
Team
- HOD: Mrs M McLaughlin
- Miss A Killen
- Miss L Burgess
- Mr A Deehan
GCSE
Exam board: CCEA Double Award Science Topics Studied:
YEAR 11
Physics: Motion, Force, Moments, Energy, Density, Kinetic Theory, Radioactivity, Nuclear Fission and Fusion
YEAR 12
Physics: Waves, Light, Electricity, Magnetism, Electromagnetism and Space Physics
A LEVEL
Exam Board – CCEA
Through studying this specification, pupils:
• develop their interest in and enthusiasm for physics;
• begin to understand how society makes decisions about scientific issues and how the sciences contribute to the success of the economy and society;
• develop and demonstrate a deeper appreciation of the skills, knowledge and understanding of how science works; and
• develop essential knowledge and understanding of different areas of physics and how they relate to each other.
- AS1: Forces, Energy and Electricity
- AS2: Waves, Photons and Astronomy
- AS3: Practical Techniques and Data analysis
- A2 1: Deformation of solids, Thermal Physics, Circular motion, Oscillations and Atomic and Nuclear Physics
- A2 2: Fields, capacitors and Particle Physics
- A2 3: Practical Techniques and Data analysis