A-Level Physics

Award: A-Level

Awarding Body: AQA

Specification Code: 7408

Specification Website: AQA A-Level Physics

Institution: Bayside, Westside

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Section 1: Measurements and Their Errors

Section 2: Particles and Radiation

Section 3: Waves

Section 4: Mechanics and Materials

Section 5: Electricity

Section 6: Further Mechanics & Thermal physics

Section 7: Fields and their consequences

Section 8: Nuclear Physics 

Section 9: Option topic. Current options available are:

• • • Astrophysics

    • Medical Physics

    • Engineering Physics

    • Turning Points in Physics (current one offered)

    • Electronics

 Paper 1

• • Assessed Content: Sections 1-6

  • Written exam of 2 hours duration

  • 60 marks of short and long answer questions and 25 multiple choice questions on content.

2. Paper 2

• • Assessed Content: Sections 1-9

  • Written exam of 2 hours duration

  • 60 marks of short and long answer questions and 25 multiple choice questions on content.

3. Paper 3

• • Assessed Content: Sections 1-10

  • Written exam of 2 hours duration

  • Section A is worth 45 marks of short and long answer questions on practical experiments and data analysis from the content in Sections 1-9,

  • Section B consists of 35 marks of short and long answer questions from the content in Section 10 only.

NOTE: Mathematical demand will be high. Approximately 40% of the marks are allocated to Mathematical skills.

Required Practicals 

• There are 12 required practicals which have to be carried out throughout the 2 years. 

• Students will be assessed against a variety of CPAC’s (Common Practical Assessment Criteria). Success will result in a practical endorsement. This is an important part of the course as Universities will likely require a pass in the practical endorsement for entry into science related degrees.