Year 12 physics
Every topic for the year is below, arranged by the term it is taught. Choose a term to show only that term: each topic has a lesson video, worked questions and practice at three levels.
Autumn term
- PhysicsMeasurements, units and uncertaintiesSI units and prefixes, estimation, scalars and vectors, resolving vectors, random and systematic errors, absolute and percentage uncertainties and combining uncertainties.100 questionsLesson video
- PhysicsKinematics and motion graphsDisplacement, velocity and acceleration, the equations of constant acceleration, motion graphs, projectile motion and free fall.100 questionsLesson video
- PhysicsForces, moments and momentumNewton laws of motion, free-body diagrams, moments and equilibrium, linear momentum, conservation of momentum, impulse and collisions.100 questionsLesson video
Spring term
- PhysicsWork, energy and powerWork done by a force, kinetic and gravitational potential energy, conservation of energy, power and efficiency.100 questionsLesson video
- PhysicsElectric circuitsCurrent, potential difference and resistance, Ohm law, resistivity, series and parallel circuits, internal resistance and EMF, potential dividers and conservation of charge and energy.100 questionsLesson video
- PhysicsMaterialsDensity, Hooke law and elastic energy, stress, strain and the Young modulus, stress-strain graphs, and viscous drag.100 questionsLesson video
Summer term
- PhysicsWaves and superpositionTransverse and longitudinal waves, wave speed, polarisation, superposition, interference, stationary waves, diffraction gratings and Young double slit.100 questionsLesson video
- PhysicsThe particle nature of lightRefraction and total internal reflection, the photoelectric effect, photons and the work function, energy levels and line spectra, and wave-particle duality.100 questionsLesson video