Learning paths
- Lessons
- 90
- Topics
- 74
Free, no account neededA tour of the whole course14 short steps.
Start lessonThe course, in test order
Measurements and their errors
4 lessons
Mechanics and materials
14 lessons
- Vectors and force components
- Moments and equilibrium
- Motion graphs and constant acceleration
- 2 lessonsmeasuring free fall: RP3
- Projectiles, drag and terminal motion
- Newton laws and free-body arguments
- Collisions and momentum
- Impulse and changing forces
- Work, power and efficiency
- Energy budgets and state changes
- Material response and strain energy
- 2 lessonsYoung modulus: RP4
Electricity
8 lessons
Particles and radiation
9 lessons
- Atomic bookkeeping and specific charge
- Nuclear stability and beta decay
- Antimatter, photons and energy thresholds
- Interactions and exchange diagrams
- Particle families and quark composition
- Conservation tests for reactions
- Photoemission and stopping potential
- Excitation, ionisation and spectral lines
- Matter waves and evidence for models
Waves
9 lessons
Circular motion and oscillations
6 lessons
Thermal physics
5 lessons
Fields and their consequences
16 lessons
- Field models and gravitational strength
- Gravitational potential and energy
- Orbits, escape and satellites
- Coulomb interactions and electric fields
- Electric potential and field graphs
- Capacitance and dielectrics
- Capacitor energy
- 2 lessonsexponential charging and discharge: RP9
- 2 lessonsforce on a current: RP10
- Charged-particle paths and cyclotrons
- 2 lessonsflux, linkage and coil orientation: RP11
- Induction and generator reasoning
- Oscilloscopes, AC and transformers
Nuclear physics
5 lessons
Practical skills and data analysis
6 lessons
- Uncertainty: absolute, percentage and combined
- Graphs: gradients, intercepts and error bars
- Linearising data with logarithms
- Instruments and techniques: resolution, parallax, oscilloscopes and data loggers
- Designing an experiment: variables, controls and safety
- Evaluating results: models, anomalies and conclusions
Option A: Astrophysics
8 lessons