Physics You should enjoy the kind of thinking that you have to do - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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

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

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

Higher, Faster, Stronger:

Forces, velocity, acceleration etc

Technology in Space:

Current, internal resistance and EMF

The Sound of Music:

Waves and superposition.

Good Enough to Eat:

Energy, viscosity, materials properties etc

Spare Part Surgery:

Stress, strain and Youngs modulus

Digging up the Past.

Resistance and resistivity.

Olympics, sport and rock climbing Satellites and conditions in space How do CD/DVD/Blu-rays work? Time team and Geophysics. The confectionary industry 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; Probing the Heart of the Matter. AS units: Higher, Faster, Stronger; Technology in Space; Digging up the Past. 105 minutes 90 marks 30% Paper 2: Advanced Physics 2 Reach for the Stars; Build or Bust. AS units: The Sound of Music; Good Enough to Eat; Spare Part Surgery. 105 minutes 90 marks 30% Paper 3: General and Practical Principles in Physics Covers all topics across both years. Half of the paper will cover conceptual and theoretical understanding of experimental methods. Drawing on experience during 16 core practical investigations. 150 minutes 120 marks 40%

Ofsted say about Physics…

2013

• The quality of teaching in the sixth form is at least good with much being
• utstanding. 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