In the Lower Sixth students study the AS component. This content has been modified to make the study more meaningful and less mathematical. The Upper Sixth year aims to develop the skills, knowledge and understanding gained in the Lower Sixth and build upon them. The topics are inevitably harder with more depth and provide tougher challenges. The study of Physics at AS & A-Level provides a strong intellectual challenge. Physics can explain both how and why natural phenomena occur. This helps us to explain, control and use these phenomena to benefit mankind. For example, microelectronics and the chip depend on the understanding of the behaviour of charged particles within the structure of certain substances, and then putting this understanding and knowledge to a practical use, for example personal computers and televisions . Many of the phenomena are complex and so we adopt a 'model' approach where a simple idea is used to develop an understanding of the more difficult situation that is actually happening. Sometimes the model involves only ideas, in other cases the model is of a mathematical nature. Two examples that occur at AS and A-level are: What is an electron? At AS level the idea that an electron can behave as a particle or a wave is examined and decisions made when to think of it as a wave and when to think of it as a particle. For those interested the Scientist who first suggested a relationship between an electron behaving as a wave and a particle was De Broglie. Newton 's Law of Universal Gravitation ( studied in the Upper Sixth A2: this is the law that explains how and why the Moon travels around the Earth, the Earth around the Sun, in fact, most of the movement in our Solar system.
Name: Physics - AS/A2 Level Qualification title: Physics - AS/A2 Level Qualification type: GCE A/AS Level or equivalent Assessment The department follows AQA A/AS Physics Specification A. In the Lower Sixth (AS) there are three modules of work covered: AS Units Unit G481: Mechanics Motion, forces in action, work & energy Unit G482: Electrons, waves and photons Electric current, Resistance, DC circuits, waves, quantum physics Unit G483: Practical Skills in Physics 1 A2 Units Unit G484: The Newtonian World Newton 's Laws and momentum, Circular motion & oscilloscopes, Thermal physics Unit G485: Fields, particles and Frontiers of physics Electric and Magnetic fields, Capacitors and exponential decay, Nuclear physics, Medical imaging, Modelling the universe Unit G486: Practical Skills in Physics 2 Awarding - Created 20151105 11:40:48 Updated 20161104 10:34:41
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