PHYSICS A LEVEL & AS LEVEL COURSES

Module 1

Development of practical skills in physics

• Practical skills assessed in a written examination
• Practical skills assessed in the practical endorsement

Module 2

Foundations of physics

• Physical quantities and units
• Making measurements and analysing data
• Nature of quantities

Module 3

Forces and motion

• Motion
• Forces in action
• Work, energy and power
• Materials
• Newton’s laws of motion and momentum

Module 4

Electrons, waves and photons

• Charge and current
• Energy, power and resistance
• Electrical circuits
• Waves
• Quantum physics

Module 5

Newtonian world and astrophysics

• Thermal physics
• Circular motion
• Oscillations
• Gravitational fields
• Astrophysics and cosmology

Module 6

Particles and medical physics

• Capacitors
• Electric fields
• Electromagnetism
• Nuclear and particle physics
• Medical imaging

Component 01: Breadth in physics

• Assessment of content from modules 1-4
• 70 marks
• 1 hour 30 minutes written paper
• 50% of total AS level

Component 02: Depth in physics

• Assessment of content from modules 1-4
• 70 marks
• 1 hour 30 minutes written paper
• 50 % of total AS level

• OCR AS/A Level Physics 2015: Student books 1 & 2 (OCR GCE Science 2015)
• ISBN-13: 978-1447990826, 978-1447990833