Course Specifics

OCR A Level Physics A (H556)

Students are entered for three examinations for the A level.
1 Modelling physics
2 Exploring physics
3 Unified physics

Papers 1 and 2 have a duration of 2 hours and are marked out of 100. Paper has a duration of 1 hour 30 minutes and is marked out of 70. Paper 1 and 2 are worth 37% each and paper 3 is worth 24% of the A level

The content is split into 6 main modules with 24 teaching topics in all:

• 1.1 Practical skills assessed in a written examination
• 2.1 Physical quantities and units
• 2.2 Making measurements and analysing data
• 2.3 Nature of quantities
• 3.1 Motion
• 3.2 Forces in action
• 3.3 Work, energy and power
• 3.4 Materials
• 3.5 Newton’s laws of motion and momentum
• 4.1 Charge and current
• 4.2 Energy, power and resistance
• 4.3 Electrical circuits
• 4.4 Waves
• 4.5 Quantum physics
• 5.1 Thermal physics
• 5.2 Circular motion
• 5.3 Oscillations
• 5.4 Gravitational fields
• 5.5 Astrophysics and cosmology
• 6.1 Capacitors
• 6.2 Electric fields
• 6.3 Electromagnetism
• 6.4 Nuclear and particle physics
• 6.5 Medical imaging

Syllabus

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