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Topic 1: Working as a Physicist
Scientific measurement and communication
1-4 - Working as a Physicist - Units, Estimation and Measurement LimitsThis lesson covers rows 1-4: SI units, prefixes, derived quantities, estimation and the limits of measurement. The aim is to make units and measurement choices feel like part of the physics, not paperwork around the physics.
5-8 - Working as a Physicist - Communication, Applications and Scientific CommunityThis lesson covers rows 5-8: communicating physics clearly, considering applications, and understanding how the scientific community evaluates claims. The focus is on turning evidence into a trustworthy message without overstating what the evidence can show.
Topic 2: Mechanics
Kinematics and vectors
9-11 - Kinematics Equations and Motion GraphsThis lesson covers rows 9-11: one-dimensional motion, the constant-acceleration equations, and displacement-time and velocity-time graphs. You will connect the equations to the graph features so the symbols describe motion rather than replacing it.
12-14 - Scalars, Vectors and ResultantsThis lesson covers rows 12-14: the difference between scalar and vector quantities, resolving vectors, and finding resultants. The main goal is to see direction as part of the quantity, especially when components and resultants are drawn or calculated.
15-16 - Projectile Motion and Free-Body DiagramsThis lesson covers rows 15-16: resolving projectile motion into horizontal and vertical components, and drawing free-body diagrams for objects in motion. The important idea is that the two components share the same time while the forces decide the acceleration.
Forces and momentum
17-20 - Newton's Laws, Weight and Free-Fall Core PracticalThis lesson covers rows 17-20: Newton's laws, weight, free fall and the acceleration core practical. You will link forces to changes in motion, then use practical evidence to test the relationship between resultant force, mass and acceleration.
21-22 - Momentum and Conservation in One DimensionThis lesson covers rows 21-22: momentum as a vector quantity and conservation of momentum in one-dimensional interactions. The route is to keep direction and system boundaries clear before using the conservation equation.
Moments, work and energy
23-24 - Moments, Centre of Gravity and EquilibriumThis lesson covers rows 23-24: moments, centre of gravity, and the conditions for equilibrium. You will treat turning effects as measurable quantities so balanced objects can be analysed rather than guessed.
25-30 - Work, Energy, Power and EfficiencyThis lesson covers rows 25-30: work done, energy transfers, power, efficiency and related calculations. The thread through the lesson is that forces, distances and rates become easier when each calculation is tied to the energy transfer it represents.
Topic 3: Electric Circuits
Current, resistance and circuit networks
31-33 - Charge, Current, Potential Difference and ResistanceElectric circuits become much easier when the first three quantities do three separate jobs. Current tells you how quickly charge is passing a point. Potential difference tells you how much energy is transferred for each coulomb of charge. Resistance tells you how much potential difference is nee...
34-36 - Circuit Conservation, Series and Parallel ResistanceRows 34-36 are about why circuit rules work, not just what the rules are. Charge conservation decides how current is distributed at junctions, energy conservation decides how potential difference is distributed around loops, and those two ideas lead directly to the formulae for combining resistor...
37-38 - Electrical Power and Component I-V CharacteristicsThis lesson connects two things that often get taught separately: the rate at which a component transfers energy, and the shape of its current-potential difference graph. Rows 37-38 are about using and deriving electrical power equations, then reading I-V graphs for ohmic conductors, filament bul...
39-41 - Resistivity and Charge-Carrier Model Core PracticalThis lesson covers rows 39-41: using R = rho l / A, determining the electrical resistivity of a material in Core Practical 2, and using I = nqvA to explain why materials have such different resistivities. The thread through the lesson is simple: first measure how a real wire resists current, then...
Potential dividers, sources and sensing
Topic 4: Materials
Fluids and viscosity
Deformation and elastic energy
Topic 5: Waves and Particle Nature of Light
Wave description and superposition
Optics, polarisation and diffraction
Wave-particle behaviour and pulse-echo
Topic 6: Further Mechanics
Impulse and collisions
Circular motion
Topic 7: Electric and Magnetic Fields
Electric fields and potential
Capacitance and RC circuits
Magnetic fields, induction and alternating current
Topic 8: Nuclear and Particle Physics
Atomic structure, beams and detectors
High-energy particles and conservation
Topic 9: Thermodynamics
Thermal energy and molecular motion
Thermal radiation
Topic 10: Space
Stellar measurements and evolution
Redshift and cosmology
Topic 11: Nuclear Radiation
Nuclear energy
Radiation and decay
Topic 12: Gravitational Fields
Field strength and force
Potential and orbits
Topic 13: Oscillations
Simple harmonic motion and resonance evidence
Energy, damping and forced oscillations