Course Specifics

AQA GCSE Physics (8463)

Students are entered for two examinations – Paper 1 and Paper 2 – which contain Foundation and Higher Tier material.

Each paper is 1 hour 45 minutes long and is marked out of 100. Each paper is worth 50% of the total GCSE.

Paper 1 assesses topics 1-4 and Paper 2 assesses topics 5-8 with assumed knowledge of topics 1-2.

The content is split into eight teaching topics 1-8:

• Topic 1: Energy
• Topic 2: Electricity
• Topic 3: Particle model of matter
• Topic 4: Atomic structure
• Topic 5: Forces
• Topic 6: Waves
• Topic 7: Electricity and electromagnetism
• Topic 8: Space physics

Syllabus

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