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AQA GCSE Physics revision.
Ilmino organises GCSE Physics around the AQA GCSE Physics 8463 specification, so every topic, every required piece of practical work and every mark scheme a student sees belongs to the board they are actually sitting.
The exam, in short
How AQA examines GCSE Physics.
- Specification
- GCSE Physics (8463)
- Papers
- Two papers, each 1 hour 45 minutes, with the required practicals examined across both.
- Tiers
- Foundation and Higher. A student is entered for one tier, and the same tier is sat for every paper in the subject.
- First exam series
- Summer 2018
Spec aligned
Every topic on the AQA specification.
The question bank is grouped by this board's specification, not by a generic topic list, so a student works through the same headings their teacher and their revision guide use.
Energy
- Energy stores and transfers
- Specific heat capacity
- Power and efficiency
- Energy resources and generation
Electricity
- Circuit symbols and series and parallel circuits
- Current, potential difference and resistance
- Domestic electricity and safety
- Static electricity
Particle model of matter
- Density of materials
- Changes of state and internal energy
- Specific latent heat
- Particle motion and gas pressure
Atomic structure
- The structure of the atom
- Radioactive decay and half-life
- Types of radiation and their properties
- Nuclear fission and fusion
Forces
- Scalars, vectors and resultant force
- Newton's laws of motion
- Distance, speed and acceleration graphs
- Momentum
- Stopping distances and braking
Waves
- Wave properties and the wave equation
- Reflection and refraction
- The electromagnetic spectrum
- Sound and ultrasound
Magnetism and electromagnetism
- Permanent and induced magnets
- Magnetic fields and the compass
- The motor effect
- Electromagnetic induction and transformers
Space physics
- The solar system and orbits
- Life cycle of a star
- Red shift and the expanding universe
Marking
How marking follows AQA.
Ilmino stores an examiner-style mark scheme for every question, written per board. An answer is marked against the wording AQA credits, not against a general idea of what is right.
- Each mark is awarded or withheld on its own, with the mark-scheme point it maps to shown beside the answer.
- Command words are read the way AQA uses them, so describe, explain, evaluate and calculate are each held to their own standard.
- The phrase an examiner is looking for has to appear. A right idea in the wrong words loses the mark here, exactly as it would in the exam.
- Handwritten working is photographed and marked line by line, so method marks survive an arithmetic slip.
- When a mark is lost, Lumi explains which mark-scheme point was missed and what would have earned it.
Other boards for GCSE Physics
Sitting a different board? The whole bank switches with your choice, and progress carries across because it is stored by skill.
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Questions
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