Physics

Assessment

Assessment Paper 1 - 34% - Written exam on Sections 1 – 5 and 6.1 (periodic motion) Paper 2 - 34% - Written exam on Sections 6.2 (Thermal physics), 7 and 8. Assumed knowledge from sections 1 to 6.1 Paper 3 - 32% - Written exam. Section A: Compulsory section: practical skills and data analysis Section B: pupils enter for one of sections 9, 10, 11, 12 or 13 Year 12 Content 1 Measurements and their errors 2 Particles and radiation 3 Waves 4 Mechanics and materials 5 Electricity Year 13 Content 6 Further mechanics and thermal physics 7 Fields and their consequences 8 Nuclear physics Plus one options from:- 9 Astrophysics 10 Medical physics 11 Engineering physics 12 Turning points in physics 13 Electronics