Physics

Course summary

Physicists explore the fundamental nature of almost everything we know. They probe the furthest reaches of the earth to study the smallest pieces of matter. Join them to enter a world deep beneath the surface of normal human experience. First year of A Level: • Measurements and their errors • Particles and radiation • Waves • Mechanics and energy • Electricity Second year of A Level: • Further mechanics and thermal physics • Fields • Nuclear physics • Plus an option (e.g. astrophysics)