Cambridge High School:
Physics
Physics explores the fundamental principles governing the universe, from motion and forces to electricity, waves, and atomic structure. This course emphasizes conceptual understanding and practical applications through experiments and problem-solving, preparing students for advanced scientific studies.
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- Measurements
- Describing Motion
- Forces and Motion
- Lift-off
- Mass, weight and gravity
- Falling and turning
- Force, mass, and acceleration
- Momentum
- More about scalars and vectors
- Turning Effects
- The moment of a force
- Calculating moments
- Forces and Matter
- Forces acting on solids
- Stretching springs
- The limit of proportionality and the spring constant
- Calculating Pressure
- Energy Stores and Transfers
- Energy Resources
- Work and Power
- The Kinetic Particle Model of Matter
- States of matter
- Gases and the kinetic model
- Temperature and the Celsius scale
- The gas laws
- Thermal Properties of Matter
- Thermal expansion
- Specific heat capacity
- Changing state
- Thermal Energy Transfers
- Conduction
- Convection
- Radiation
- Consequences of thermal energy transfer
- Making Sounds
- How Does Sound Travel?
- The Speed of Sound
- Seeing and Hearing Sounds
- Reflection of Light
- Refraction of Light
- Total Internal Reflection
- Lenses
- Dispersion of Light
- Properties of Waves
- Describing waves
- Speed, frequency and wavelength
- Explaining wave phenomena
- The Electromagnetic Spectrum
- Electromagnetic waves
- Electromagnetic hazards
- Communicating using electromagnetic waves
- Magnetism
- Permanent magnets
- Magnetic fields
- Static Electricity
- Charging and discharging
- Explaining static electricity
- Electric fields
- Electrical Quantities
- Current in electric circuits
- Voltage in electric circuits
- Electrical resistance
- More about electrical resistance
- Electrical energy, work and power
- Electrical Circuits
- Circuit components
- Combinations of resistors
- Electromagnetic Forces
- The magnetic effect of a current
- Force on a current-carrying conductor
- Electric motors
- Beams of charged particles and magnetic fields
- Electromagnetic Induction
- Generating electricity
- Power lines and transformers
- How transformers work
- The Nuclear Atom
- Atomic structure
- Protons, neutrons and electrons
- Radioactivity
- Radioactivity all around us
- Radioactive decay
- Activity and half-life
- Stars and the Universe
- The Sun
- Stars and galaxies
- The Universe
References:
David Sang, Mike Follows, and Sheila Tarpey. (2021). Physics for Cambridge IGCSE™ Coursebook. Cambridge University Press.