GCSE AQA Foundation Physics topics
Every topic in this course, with the subtopics inside each one.
Topics and what they cover
- Energy: 12 lessons: Energy changes in a system, and the ways energy is stored before and after such changes, Conservation and dissipation of energy, National and global energy resources
- Electricity: 24 lessons: Current, potential difference and resistance, Series and parallel circuits, Domestic uses and safety, Energy transfers, Static electricity (physics only)
- Particle model of matter: 12 lessons: Changes of state and the particle model, Internal energy and energy transfers, Particle model and pressure
- Atomic structure: 22 lessons: Atoms and isotopes, Atoms and nuclear radiation, Hazards and uses of radioactive emissions and of background radiation (physics only), Nuclear fission and fusion (physics only)
- Forces: 23 lessons: Forces and their interactions, Work done and energy transfer, Forces and elasticity, Moments, levers and gears (physics only), Pressure and pressure differences in fluids (physics only), Forces and motion
- Waves: 15 lessons: Waves in air, fluids and solids, Electromagnetic waves, Black body radiation (physics only)
- Magnetism and electromagnetism: 7 lessons: Permanent and induced magnetism, magnetic forces and fields, The motor effect, Induced potential, transformers and the National Grid (physics only) (HT only)
- Space physics (physics only): 6 lessons: Solar system; stability of orbital motions; satellites (physics only), Red-shift (physics only)
- Key ideas: 3 lessons: Key ideas