Course Specifics

OCR AS Level Physics A (H156)

Students are entered for two examinations for the AS level.
1 Breadth in physics
2 Depth in physics

Each paper has a duration of 1 hour 30 minutes and is marked out of 70. Each paper is worth 50% of the AS level qualification.

The content is split into 4 main modules with 14 teaching topics in total:

• 1.1 Practical skills assessed in a written examination
• 2.1 Physical quantities and units
• 2.2 Making measurements and analysing data
• 2.3 Nature of quantities
• 3.1 Motion
• 3.2 Forces in action
• 3.3 Work, energy and power
• 3.4 Materials
• 3.5 Newton’s laws of motion and momentum
• 4.1 Charge and current
• 4.2 Energy, power and resistance
• 4.3 Electrical circuits
• 4.4 Waves
• 4.5 Quantum physics

Syllabus

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