Physics

Specification:   OCR

We are running the innovative Institute of Physics course Advancing Physics B the new specification can be found on the OCR website. You will all be provided with a text book and access to a CD ROM containing the whole course and a pathway through it.  There is a research element to the course and the CD ROM holds a vast store of information e.g. Micrographs of materials and how this relates to their properties.  There are many up to date links to international labs who will provide even more data specifically for this course. 

These links can be found through this Website  www.iop.org/advphys

Physics as an academic qualification is much sought after in further education and business since it teaches the ability to think, analyse and synthesise arguments from various points of view and to solve problems.                                                              

http://www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications/asa_levelgceforfirstteachingin2008/physics_a/index.html

Physics B (Advancing Physics) (H159)

Unit Topic

Assessment

Weighting

G491: Physics in Action

• Communication

• Designer Materials

 1hr exam

AS – 30%

A Level – 15%

G492: Understanding Processes            

• Waves and Quantum Behaviour

• Space, Time and Motion

1hr 45 minutes exam

AS – 50%

A Level – 25%

 

G493: Physics in Practice

  • Quality of Measurement (13.3%)
  • Physics in Use. (6.7%)

Coursework Tasks

  • Precisely measuring and checking errors  
  • Powerpoint presentation of your choice

AS – 20%

A Level – 10%

Advanced GCE Physics B (Advancing Physics) (H559)

Unit Topic

Assessment

Weighting

G494: Rise and Fall of the Clockwork Universe

• Models and Rules

• Matter in Extremes

 1hr 15 minutes exam A Level – 15%

G495: Field and Particle Pictures

• Fields

• Fundamental Particles

2 hour exam

 

 A Level – 25%

G496: Researching Physics

• Practical Investigation (6.7%)

  • Research Briefing.(3.3%)

Coursework Tasks

  • 10 lessons to investigate anything
  • A report on any physics topic of your choice
 A Level – 10%

 

Skills:

From quarks to the Crab Nebula you will need the kind of mind that can imagine the very smallest and the greatest objects in our universe and understand the rules by which they interact. You will need to be able to explain what holds things together, why glass is transparent and why the sky is blue. You will develop your problem solving abilities using mathematical equations, graphs vector and phasor diagrams to explain or predict what will happen.

Enrichment:

You will use presentation skills using a wide variety of research tools to complete your work. Investigations will be conducted in to the use of sensors and new materials. You will be given the opportunity to research an individual topic that interests you and you will be given time to investigate in the lab any experimental area you wish. Lectures at the Rutherford Labs in Cambridge are available.

 

 

For further details please contact Mr Garvey