A Level AQA
A Level AQA Physics
Syllabus: (7408)
A Level AQA
A Level AQA Physics
Syllabus: (7408)
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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
