A2physics

**A2 Physics** **[|(specification)]**
( poss new spec http://www.cie.org.uk/images/164526-2016-2018-syllabus.pdf )

SUMMARY OF THE COURSE


 * __ Unit no 4. __ ||  __ Unit title: Fields and further mechanics __  ||  __ Duration (approximate) __  ||
 * 1 ||  Force and momentum  ||  2 weeks  ||
 * 2 ||  Motion in a circle  ||  2 weeks  ||
 * 3 ||  Simple harmonic motion  ||  2 weeks  ||
 * 4 ||  Gravitational fields  ||  2 weeks  ||
 * 5 ||  Electric fields  ||  2 weeks  ||
 * 6 ||  Capacitors  ||  2 weeks  ||
 * 7 ||  Magnetic fields  ||  1 weeks  ||


 * __ 8 __ ||  Electromagnetic Induction  ||   ||
 * __ Unit no 5. __ ||  __ Unit title: Nuclear, thermal + Option __  ||  __ Duration (approximate) __  ||
 * 9 ||  Radioactivity  ||  2 weeks  ||
 * 10 ||  Nuclear energy  ||  2 weeks  ||
 * 11 ||  Thermal physics  ||  2 weeks  ||
 * 12 ||  Gases  ||  2 weeks  ||
 * Options 1 ||   ||  2 weeks  ||
 * Options 2 ||   ||  1 week  ||

(This document is “work in progress” and it is constantly updated)

===In any practical work risk assessment is crucial. When there is more than the usual risk of being in the lab, a written risk assessment is done and the students made aware of it. The general risk assessment key is as follows: ===
 * ===B: Minor risk from hot objects (burns) === ||
 * ===E: minor risk from electrical equipment === ||
 * ===N: no significant risk === ||
 * ===S: specific risk assessment === ||
 * ===H: minor risk from heavy objects === ||

In year 13, students are taught in one mixed-ability group.

Homework
Students are given the chapter from the book. They are asked to read it, make notes on it and answer all the questions. They are also occasionally asked to complete classwork and plot graphs or do background reading from other sources and the internet.


 * Textbook: Nelson Thornes: AQA Physics A (A2) by Jim Breithaupt **
 * Lesson allocation: 7 **** ´ **** 40 minutes per week **
 * Homework allocation: 7 x 40 minutes per week **

**(inc. homework)** || **Assessment** || **Different-** **iation** ||  **Resources**  ||  **Risk**  || 1.1 Momentum and Impulse 1.2 Impact forces 1.3 Conservation of momentum || 
 * =Week= || **Learning Objectives**  ||  **Learning Activities/Strategies**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"> 1 || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Unit 4: **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">1: Force and momentum: **

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"> ||  ||   ||   ||   || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">1.5 Explosions || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">experimental work on collisions <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">and explosions. trolley boards, <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">trolleys, water, <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">rockets, air track ||  ||   ||   ||   || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">2.1 Uniform circular motion <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">2.2 Centripetal acceleration || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">circular motion revision, <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">including experiments <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">link with planets, satellites and <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">accelerators <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">radians <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">circular motion <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">apparatus, video, <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">access to IT ||  ||   ||   ||   || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">2.4 At the fairground ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">3.1 Oscillations <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">3.2 The principles of S.H.M <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">3.3 More about sine waves || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">main features of SHM <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">relation to circular motion <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">datalogger, video <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">springs, masses, pendulum ||  ||   ||   ||   || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">3.5 Energy and s.h.m <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">3.6 Forced oscillations and resonance || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">resonance, free and forced <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">19vibration revision and <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Ex20periments <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Barton.s Pendula, <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Hacksaw Blade <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Oscillator video ||  ||   ||   ||   || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">4.1 Gravitational field strength <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">4.2 Gravitational potential <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">4.3 Newton’s law of gravitation ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">4.5 Satellite motion ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">5.1 Field patterns <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">5.2 Electric field strength <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">5.3 Electric potential || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">: Fields
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">2 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">1.4 Elastic and inelastic collisions
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">3 || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">2. Motion in a circle: **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">4 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">2.3 On the road
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">5 || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">3.Simple harmonic motion: **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">6 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">3.4 Applications of s.h.m
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: center;">7 || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">4 Gravitational fields **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">8 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">4.4 Planetary fields
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">9 || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">5 Electric fields **

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">[|electrostatic/applet1/main.html] ||  ||   ||   ||   || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">5.5 Point charges <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">5.6 comparing electric and gravitational fields ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">6.1 Capacitance <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">6.2 Energy stored in a charged capacitor <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">6.3 charging and discharging a capacitor through a resistor. ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">7.1 current-carrying conductors in a magnetic field <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">7.2 moving charges in a magnetic field <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">7.3charged particles in circular orbits || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"> ||   ||   ||   ||   || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">8.1 Generating electricity <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">8.2 The laws of electromagnetic induction <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">8.3 The a.c generator <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">8.4 Transformers ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">9.1 The discovery of the nucleus <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">9.2 The properties of alpha, beta and gamma radiation <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">9.3 More about radioactivity ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Wk1 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">9.4 The dangers of radioactivity <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">9.5 Radioactive decay <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">9.6 The theory of radioactive decay (wk1) ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Wk1 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">9.7 Radioactive isotopes in use (wk1) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">9.8 more about decay modes (wk1) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">9.9 Nuclear radius ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">10.1 Energy and mass <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">10.2 Binding energy <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">10.3 Fission and fusion <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">10.4 The thermal nuclear reactor ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Internal energy and temperature <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">11.2 Specific heat capacity <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">11.3 Change of state ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">12.1 The experimental gas laws <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">12.2 The ideal gas law <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">12.3 The kinetic theory of gases ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">10 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">5.4 Coulomb’s law
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">11 || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">6 Capacitors **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">12 || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">7 Magnetic fields **
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">13 || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">8 Electromagnetic induction **
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">14 || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Unit 5: **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">9 Radioactivity **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">17 || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">10 Nuclear energy **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">18 || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">11 Thermal Physics **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">19 || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">12 Gases **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">20 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Preparing for an ISA ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">21 || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Carrying out an ISA ** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">22 || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Individual study: Topic: Medical Physics ** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">23 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Individual study: Topic: Medical Physics ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">A suggested scheme of work on the AQA website: ** ||  ||   ||   || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">[] ** ||   ||
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 * || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">A suggested scheme of work on the AQA website: ** ||  ||   ||   || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">[] ** ||   ||
 * || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">A suggested scheme of work on the AQA website: ** ||  ||   ||   || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">[] ** ||   ||

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