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Topic Spec Notes and tools How sure
Energy stores, transfers and efficiency 1.1 to 1.3
Energy resources Energy stores, kinetic and potential energy Power and efficiency Specific heat capacity Energy stores, transfers and efficiency: lessons and questions Physics formulas Pendulum Mass on a spring
Not yet Getting there Confident
Electric circuits 7.1, 7.2
Circuit symbols, charge and current Current, potential difference and resistance Electric circuits: lessons and questions Ohm's law and circuits Series & parallel circuits
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Mains electricity, the National Grid and static 7.3, 7.4
Electrical power and mains electricity Mains electricity, the National Grid and static: lessons and questions Ohm's law and circuits Electric fields and equipotentials
Not yet Getting there Confident
Particle model, density and gas pressure 2
Density Particle model, density and gas pressure: lessons and questions Gas laws
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Atomic structure and radioactivity 9.1 to 9.4
Atoms, nuclear radiation and half-life Atomic structure and radioactivity: lessons and questions Periodic table Radioactive decay Half-life
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8 topics Topic Spec Notes and tools How sure
Forces, work, elasticity, moments and pressure 3.1 to 3.3
Forces, mass and weight Resultant forces and free body diagrams Forces, work, elasticity, moments and pressure: lessons and questions Forces on a slope Mass on a spring
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Forces and motion 4.1 to 4.3
Speed, velocity and distance-time graphs SUVAT and the equations of motion Forces and motion: lessons and questions Forces & acceleration SUVAT solver Projectile motion
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Momentum 4.2
Momentum and its conservation Momentum: lessons and questions Momentum and collisions
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Waves and the electromagnetic spectrum 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2
Transverse and longitudinal waves Waves and the wave speed equation Waves and the electromagnetic spectrum: lessons and questions Waves on a string Refraction and Snell's law
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Lenses, visible light, sound and black bodies 6.3 to 6.5, 5.2
Reflection and refraction of light Lenses, visible light, sound and black bodies: lessons and questions Refraction and Snell's law Lenses and ray diagrams
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Magnetism and electromagnetism 8.1 to 8.4
Magnets, magnetic fields and electromagnetism Magnetism and electromagnetism: lessons and questions Scientific calculator
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Space physics 10.1, 10.2
The solar system and the life cycle of a star Space physics: lessons and questions Orbits and Kepler's laws
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Required practicals, maths skills and the equations Component 1 and 2: specified practical work
Scientific calculator Statistics calculator Graphing calculator
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