You dig deeper and it gets more and more complicated, and you get confused, and it’s tricky, and it’s hard, but… it is beautiful . -Brian Cox
Physics You should enjoy the kind of thinking that you have to do in Physics topics at GCSE. • Unit 10+11 Electricity • Unit 4+5 waves and the electromagnetic spectrum. • Unit 12 Magnetism and the motor effect. • Unit 13 Electromagnetic Induction. • Unit 2, 8+9 Forces and their effect.
Physics at AS and A level • How does it work? • Why does it work the way it does? • Can we predict how that will work? • Is there a better model?
Salters ’ approach • The sixth form course is very much based in the real world. • Your everyday experiences should help you to understand Physics - as well as, hopefully • Physics and the techniques of physics, helping you to understand the real world. • Changes: – 16 core experiments. – Change to the order of units – Maths content
Salters ’ Horners Year 12 units Teacher 1 Teacher 2 Technology in Space: Higher, Faster, Stronger: Current, internal resistance and EMF Satellites and conditions in space Olympics, sport and rock The Sound of Music: Forces, velocity, acceleration etc climbing Waves and superposition. How do CD/DVD/Blu-rays work? Good Enough to Eat: Energy, viscosity, materials properties etc Digging up the Past. The confectionary industry Spare Part Surgery: Resistance and resistivity. Stress, strain and Youngs modulus Time team and Geophysics. Prosthetic limbs
Salters ’ Horners Physics at A level Component Exam Length A2 content Paper 1: Advanced Physics 1 Transport on Track; The Medium is the Message; 105 minutes Probing the Heart of the Matter. 30% 90 marks AS units: Higher, Faster, Stronger; Technology in Space; Digging up the Past. Paper 2: Advanced Physics 2 105 minutes Reach for the Stars; Build or Bust. 90 marks 30% AS units: The Sound of Music; Good Enough to Eat; Spare Part Surgery. Paper 3: General and Practical Principles in Physics Covers all topics across both years. 150 minutes 40% Half of the paper will cover conceptual and theoretical 120 marks understanding of experimental methods. Drawing on experience during 16 core practical investigations.
Ofsted say about Physics… 2013 • The quality of teaching in the sixth form is at least good with much being outstanding. As a consequence, students are encouraged to opt for more traditional subjects such as mathematics and sciences and achieve results at AS and A level much higher than the national average. Previously • In A Level physics, standards were very high and were in the top five per cent nationally. • The students appreciated the efforts made on their behalf and the compliments included a reference to ‘inspirational teaching in physics’. Such high praise is rarely heard by inspection teams. • Teaching is very good and students learn well; they are challenged in lessons by some demanding work. • The students have a very positive attitude to their studies and there is a shared commitment to succeed between students and teachers. • Accommodation and resources are very good and students are well supported by appropriate textbooks and the availability of electronic resource material.
Physicists have gone on to study: Chemistry University of Warwick Biotechnology University of Surrey Electrical and Electronic Engineering Newcastle University Materials Engineering Loughborough University Law Demontfort University Mechanical Engineering University of Southampton Physics University of Warwick Aeronautics and Astronautics / Aerodynamics University of Southampton Computer Science wth Placement University of Bath Mathematics Coventry University Music and Sound Recording University of Surrey Civil Engineering University of Exeter Medicine University of East Anglia Computer Science University of Reading Mechanical Engineering Plymouth University Natural Sciences University of York Integrated Mechanical and Electrical Engineering University of Bath Mathmatics University of Kent Mathematics University of York Electrical Engineering University of Southampton Physics and Astrophysics The University of Birmingham Computing Imperial College London
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