AS-Level Physics

You are following the AQA Physics A syllabus (code 2450 or 1250).  The specification for this can be found here. 

The course comprises 2 theory units (40% each) and 1 practical skills based unit (20%).  Clicking on the unit name will take you to a page with more resources related to each topic.

Unit 1 : Particles, Radiation and Electricity.

• The nucleus including particles, antiparticles and photons; hadrons and leptons; the quark model;
• Quantum phenomena including photoelectricity, energy levels and photon emission, wave particle duality;
• Electricity including electrical quantities, resistivity, circuits and components, alternating current.

Unit 2 : Mechanics, Materials and Optics.

• Mechanics, including motion along a straight line, projectile motion, Newton’s laws of motion, energy and power,
• Properties of materials, including density and the Young modulus,
• Waves, including longitudinal and transverse waves, progressive and stationary waves, refraction, diffraction and interference.c

Unit 3 : Practical Skills Assessment

This unit will test your practical skills in the following areas:

• Selection and use of various equipment
• Processing of data,
• Making observations and measurements,
• Analysing and evaluation of results.