Course Content – Edexcel Syllabus (9PH0)
Unit 1 – Working as a Physicist
- Motion & acceleration
- Constant speed or velocity equation
- Mass & weight
- Waves
- Basic atomic structure
Unit 2 – Mechanics
- Scalars and vectors
- Moments
- Straight line motion
- Projectile motion
- Newton’s Laws of Motion
- Momentum
- Work, energy, and power
Unit 3 – Electric Circuits
- Current electricity
- Electrical components, including conductors and insulators
- Resistance and resistivity
- Electromotive force
- Circuit calculations
Unit 4 – Materials
- Density
- Comparing springs using Hooke’s law
- Stress & strain
Unit 5 – Waves and the Particulate Nature of Light
- Progressive and stationary waves
- Refraction, diffraction, and interference
- Total internal reflection
- Spectra
Unit 6 – Further Mechanics and Oscillations
- Periodic motion
- Simple harmonic motion
- Simple harmonic systems
- Forced vibrations and resonance
Unit 7 – Electric and Magnetic Fields
- Coulomb’s Law
- Field patterns
- Electric field strength
- Capacitance
- Energy storage
- Charge and discharge
- Dielectrics
- Magnetic field patterns & flux density
- Electromagnetic induction
- Faraday’s & Lenz’s laws
- Transformers
Unit 8 – Nuclear and Particle Physics
- Basic atomic & nuclear structure
- Isotopes
- The strong nuclear force
- Particles & interactions
- Antiparticles
- The four fundamental forces
- Particle classification & conservation laws
- Electromagnetic radiation
Unit 9 – Thermodynamics
- Thermal energy transfer
- Changing states
- Molecular kinetic theory and kinetic energy
- Avogadro’s law
Unit 10 – Space
- Astrophysics
- Distance, luminosity & flux
- Hertzsprung-Russell diagram
- Cosmology
- Binding energy and fission
- Expansion of the universe and The Hubble Constant
Unit 11 – Nuclear Radiation
- Radioactivity
- Rutherford scattering
- α, β, & γ radiation
- Radioactive decay
- Applications of radioactive isotopes
- Nuclear energy
- Fission & fusion
Unit 12 – Gravitational Fields
- Newton’s Law of Gravitation (The Third Law)
- Orbits of planets and satellites
Preparing for the examinations
- Paper 1 Advanced Physics 1
- Paper 2 Advanced Physics 2
- Paper 3 General and Practical Principles in Physics
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