Physics
Overview
Physics allows you to appreciate how fundamental science works. It is problem solving on both the largest and the smallest scale imaginable. Physicists use the laws they uncover to develop new materials, machinery, and technology to improve our lives and help us explore the universe further, from computers to telescopes and spacecraft.
Entry Requirements
Taking Double Award Science? You will need at least grade 6/6.
Taking Triple Award Science? You will need at least grade 6 in the science(s) you wish to study.
Students will also need GCSE Maths at grade 6 or higher.
Learning & Assessment
Modules / Topics
First Year content:
- Forces and motion
- Electricity
- Waves
- Quantum Physics
- The particle world
Second year content:
- Circular motion
- Simple harmonic motion
- Gravitational fields
- Electric fields
- Magnetic fields and Induction
- Thermal Physics
- Nuclear Physics
- Radiation
- Option topic available
Trips / Visits / Enrichment
Guest speakers arranged in conjunction with Durham and Northumbria university. Trips that have taken place in the past include Northumbria and Durham University Laboratories as well as external visits to power stations.
Assessment
There is no coursework, although your performance during practical work will be assessed and you will need to keep a lab book as a record of your work.
There are three exams at the end of the two years and at least 15% of the marks are based on what you learn during the practical work.
Paper 1: 2 hours 34%
Paper 2: 2 hours 34%
Paper 3: 2 hours 32%
What do our students say?
I came to Newcastle Sixth Form College because I felt I could achieve more if I left school. My time at NSFC has definitely enabled me to go further and achieve success in my subjects.
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Related Subjects
All science subjects will compliment Physics and students are strongly encouraged to study Maths.
As well as supporting each other in skill development, there are also areas of content overlap, such as in mechanics.
