Physics A Level

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Entry Requirements: - GCSE grade 5 in English (Language or Literature) and GCSE grade 5 in Mathematics

Entry criteria for individual subjects must be met in order to access those courses.

How to Apply:

External Applicants - please apply via KentChoices

Internal Applicants - there is no need to apply via KentChoices, please visit Talisman for further information

• Paper 1: Measurments and their errors, Particles and Radiation, Waves, Mechanics, Materials and Electricity (34% full A level)

• The nucleus including particles, antiparticles and photons; hadrons and leptons; the quark model

• Quantum phenomena including photoelectricity, energy levels and photon emission, wave particle duality

• Electricity including electrical quantities, resistivity, circuits and components, alternating current

• Mechanics, including motion along a straight line, projectile motion, Newton’s laws, energy and power

• Properties of materials, including density and the Young modulus

• Waves, including longitudinal and transverse waves, progressive and stationary waves, refraction, diffraction and interference

• Further mechanics, including momentum, circular motion and simple harmonic motion

  This unit is assessed by a 2 hr written paper comprising of 60 marks of short and long structured questions and 25 marks worth of multiple choice questions.

  Paper 2: Thermal Physics, Fields and their consequences and nuclear Physics (34% of full A level)

• Probing the nucleus, radioactivity, nuclear instability and nuclear energy

• Thermal properties of materials, ideal gases and the kinetic theory of gases

• Fields, including gravitational fields, electric fields, capacitors, magnetic fields, electromagnetic induction

  This unit is assessed by a 2 hr written paper comprising of 60 marks of short and long structured questions and 25 marks of multiple choice questions. (Knowledge of material covered in Paper 1 will be assumed in Paper 2)

  Paper 3: Practical Skills and Data Analysis, Optional Units (32%)

• Selection and use of various equipment

• Processing data

• Making observations and measurements

• Analysing and evaluation of results

• For the list of options please see specification for more details.

This unit is assessed in two sections over 2hr comprising 45 marks of short and long questions on practical skills and data analysis, and 35 marks of short and long structured questions on the optional topic.