Course Specifics

AQA A Level Physics (7408)

Students are entered for three examinations for the A level, Papers 1, 2, and 3.

Each paper has a duration of 2 hours, papers 1 and 2 are marked out 85, paper 3 is marked out of 80. Papers 1 and 2 are made up of short and long response questions totalling 60 marks, the multiple-choice sections total 25 marks.
Paper 3 has 45 marks of short and long answer questions on practical experiments and data analysis, and 35 marks of short and long answer questions on the optional topic.

Paper 1 and 2 is worth 34% each and paper 3 is worth 32% of the A level.

The content is split into 8 main teaching topics with a choice of 5 optional topics (of which only one is chosen):

• 1 Measurements and their errors
• 2 Particles and radiation
• 3 Waves
• 4 Mechanics and materials
• 5 Electricity
• 6 Further mechanics and thermal physics
• 7 Fields and their consequences
• 8 Nuclear physics
  Options
• 9 Astrophysics
• 10 Medical physics
• 11 Engineering physics
• 12 Turning points in physics
• 13 Electronics

Syllabus

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Past Papers

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