GCSE Physics (AQA)

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Welcome to the GCSE Physics study guide for the AQA exam board! This study guide is structured to cover all of the topics in the AQA specification, providing you with all of the essential information you need for your GCSE examinations.

Modules

31

Lessons

96

Subject Lead

Maya Rybin

This course is currently closed

Course Content

Introduction to GCSE Physics 1 Lesson

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1: Energy

1.1 Energy Changes in a System, and the Ways Energy is Stored Before and After Such Changes 5 Lessons

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1.1.1 Energy Stores and Systems

1.1.2 Changes in Energy

1.1.3 Energy Changes in Systems

Required Practical Activity 1

1.2 Conservation and Dissipation of Energy 3 Lessons

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1.2.1 Energy Transfers in a System

Required Practical Activity 2

1.2.2 Efficiency

1.3 National and Global Energy Resources

2: Electricity

2.1 Current, Potential Difference and Resistance 6 Lessons

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2.1.1 Standard Circuit Diagram Symbols

2.1.2 Electrical Charge and Current

2.1.3 Current, Resistance and Potential Difference

Required Practical Activity 3

2.1.4 Resistors

Required Practical Activity 4

2.2 Series and Parallel Circuits

2.3 Domestic Uses and Safety 2 Lessons

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2.3.1 Direct and Alternating Potential Difference

2.3.2 Mains Electricity

2.4 Energy Transfers 3 Lessons

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2.4.2 Energy Transfers in Everyday Appliances

2.4.3 The National Grid

2.5 Static Electricity 2 Lessons

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2.5.1 Static Charge

2.5.2 Electric Fields

3: Particle Model of Matter

3.1 Changes of State and the Particle Model 3 Lessons

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3.1.1 Density of Materials

Required Practical Activity 5

3.1.2 Changes of State

3.2 Internal Energy and Energy Transfers 3 Lessons

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3.2.1 Internal Energy

3.2.2 Temperature Changes in a System and Specific Heat Capacity

3.2.3 Changes of State and Specific Latent Heat

3.3 Particle Model and Pressure 3 Lessons

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3.3.1 Particle Motion in Gasses

3.3.2 Pressure in Gases

3.3.3 Increasing the Pressure of a Gas

4: Atomic Structure

4.1 Atoms and Isotopes 3 Lessons

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4.1.1 The Structure of an Atom

4.1.2 Mass Number, Atomic Number and Isotopes

4.1.3 The Development of the Model of the Atom

4.2 Atoms and Nuclear Radiation 4 Lessons

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4.2.1 Radioactive Decay and Nuclear Radiation

4.2.2 Nuclear Equations

4.2.3 Half-Lives and the Random Nature of Radioactive Decay

4.2.4 Radioactive Contamination

4.3 Hazards and Uses of Radioactive Emissions and of Background Radiation 3 Lessons

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4.3.1 Background Radiation

4.3.2 Different Half-Lives of Radioactive Isotopes

4.3.3 Uses of Nuclear Radiation

4.4 Nuclear Fission and Fusion 2 Lessons

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4.4.1 Nuclear Fission

4.4.2 Nuclear Fusion

5: Forces

5.1 Forces and their Interactions 4 Lessons

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5.1.1 Scalar and Vector Quantities

5.1.2 Contact and Non-Contact Forces

5.1.4 Resultant Forces

5.2 Work Done and Energy Transfer

5.3 Forces and Elasticity 1 Lesson

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Required Practical Activity 6

5.4 Moments, Levers and Gears

5.5 Pressure and Pressure Differences in Fluids 3 Lessons

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5.5.1.1 Pressure in a Fluid 1

5.5.1.2 Pressure in a Fluid 2

5.5.2 Atmospheric Pressure

5.6 Forces and Motion 13 Lessons

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5.6.1.1 Distance and Displacement

5.6.1.3 Velocity

5.6.1.4 The Distance–Time Relationship

5.6.1.5 Acceleration

5.6.2.1 Newton’s First Law

5.6.2.2 Newton’s Second Law

Required Practical Activity 7

5.6.2.3 Newton’s Third Law

5.6.3.1 Stopping Distance

5.6.3.2 Reaction Time

5.6.3.3 Factors Affecting Braking Distance 1

5.6.3.4 Factors Affecting Braking Distance 2

5.7 Momentum (HT only) 3 Lessons

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5.7.1 Momentum is a Property of Moving Objects (HT only)

5.7.2 Conservation of Momentum (HT only)

5.7.3 Changes in Momentum (HT only)

6: Waves

6.1 Waves in Air, Fluids and Solids 7 Lessons

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6.1.1 Transverse and Longitudinal Waves

6.1.2 Properties of Waves

Required Practical Activity 8

6.1.3 Reflection of Waves

Required Practical Activity 9

6.1.4 Sound Waves (HT only)

6.1.5 Waves for Detection and Exploration (HT only)

6.2 Electromagnetic Waves 7 Lessons

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6.2.1 Types of Electromagnetic Waves

6.2.2 Properties of Electromagnetic Waves 1

Required Practical Activity 10

6.2.3 Properties of Electromagnetic Waves 2

6.2.4 Uses and Applications of Electromagnetic Waves

6.2.6 Visible Light

6.3 Black Body Radiation 2 Lessons

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6.3.1 Emission and Absorption of Infrared Radiation

6.3.2 Perfect Black Bodies and Radiation

7: Magnetism and Electromagnetism

7.1 Permanent and Induced Magnetism, Magnetic Forces and Fields 2 Lessons

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7.1.1 Poles of a Magnet

7.1.2 Magnetic Fields

7.2 The Motor Effect 4 Lessons

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7.2.1 Electromagnetism

7.2.2 Fleming’s Left-Hand Rule (HT only)

7.2.3 Electric Motors (HT only)

7.2.4 Loudspeakers (HT only)

7.3 Induced Potential, Transformers and the National Grid (HT only) 4 Lessons

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7.3.1 Induced Potential (HT only)

7.3.2 Uses of the Generator Effect (HT only)

7.3.3 Microphones (HT only)

7.3.4 Transformers (HT only)

8: Space Physics

8.1 Solar System; Stability of Orbital Motions; Satellites 3 Lessons

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8.1.1 Our Solar System

8.1.2 The Life Cycle of a Star

8.1.3 Orbital Motion, Natural and Artificial Satellites

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GCSE

Physics

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Introduction to GCSE Physics

1.1 Energy Changes in a System, and the Ways Energy is Stored Before and After Such Changes

1.2 Conservation and Dissipation of Energy

1.3 National and Global Energy Resources

2.1 Current, Potential Difference and Resistance

2.2 Series and Parallel Circuits

2.3 Domestic Uses and Safety

2.4 Energy Transfers

2.5 Static Electricity

3.1 Changes of State and the Particle Model

3.2 Internal Energy and Energy Transfers

3.3 Particle Model and Pressure

4.1 Atoms and Isotopes

4.2 Atoms and Nuclear Radiation

4.3 Hazards and Uses of Radioactive Emissions and of Background Radiation

4.4 Nuclear Fission and Fusion

5.1 Forces and their Interactions

5.2 Work Done and Energy Transfer

5.3 Forces and Elasticity

5.4 Moments, Levers and Gears

5.5 Pressure and Pressure Differences in Fluids

5.6 Forces and Motion

5.7 Momentum (HT only)

6.1 Waves in Air, Fluids and Solids

6.2 Electromagnetic Waves

6.3 Black Body Radiation

7.1 Permanent and Induced Magnetism, Magnetic Forces and Fields

7.2 The Motor Effect

7.3 Induced Potential, Transformers and the National Grid (HT only)

8.1 Solar System; Stability of Orbital Motions; Satellites

Exam Timetable

Paper 1

2 June 2026 • Morning

1h 45m

Paper 2

15 June 2026 • Morning

1h 45m

Maya Rybin

Subject Lead Maya Rybin

Hannah Couves

Reviewed by Hannah Couves