Unit 1 Physics on the Go

Basic stuff - units & measurements - s-cool ; precision and accuracy - StudyPhysics ;- exam questions from s-cool.

Rectilinear motion;    thestudentroom ; bitesize (vectors)  and test;

bitesize (analysing motion inc. SUVAT)  and  test,    bitesize(Newton’s laws),     s-cool (vector/scalar), S-cool (equations of motion & projectiles),  cyberphysics,  s-cool (projectiles); exam questions from s-cool.

forces;   revision world ;  s-cool (forces/ Newton’s laws/ terminal velocity);

energy and power;   bitesize (work, energy, power),  bitesize ;  tutorvista;  s-cool (work, energy, efficiency);  exam questions from s-cool.

fluid flow and viscosity;   revisionworld (drag & terminal velocity)

properties of materials    easyweb (detailed notes - you don’t need heat treatment section); exam questions from s-cool.

Young’s modulus.   Cyberphysics ; Wikipedia; Wikibooks; exam questions from s-cool.

Important note

A Canadian site - StudyPhysics has lots of very useful notes for your AS study. You should be able to tell which are the topics in your course, but incase you can’t the relevant sections are Chapters 1; 2; 3; 4 &  6. You would be MAD not to look at this stuff!

Unit 2 Physics at Work.

Waves; s-cool,  Bite-size,

refraction; s-cool (reflection/refraction/polarisation),

polarisation; s-cool

diffraction; s-cool (diffraction/interference/superposition),

standing waves; s-cool (waves in pipes & strings),

Doppler effect;

current electricity; s-cool  

 photons;  s-cool (photoelectric effect)

wave particle duality. S-cool,

As mentioned for Module 1 , A Canadian site - StudyPhysics has lots of useful notes for AS study.  Chapter 8 (just the Waves part) is the relevant section for this module.  There is another part to the site here. You need chapters 11 (just the circuits section), 13 & 14.

Some useful applets are listed below:

(you will need to have Java installed to play these!)

refraction animation including total internal reflection

good refraction applet

good EM wave applet

basic em wave properties

excitation of electrons

diffraction of particles and waves

double slit

light sources

lightning

polarisation

em wave propagation applet

superposition applet

Active Excel spreadsheet simulation of standing wave formation - click here to download.

Some animated GIF images are listed below - click to download:

Principle of superposition                                                          

Longitudinal wave

Refraction

Unit 3 Exploring Physics

 

This unit examines both ‘how science works’ and practical investigative skills. Candidates need to produce a case-study of an application of physics(1200–1400 words), and plan, carry out and analyse a related practical investigation.