Subjects A-Level
A-Level Physics
From mechanics to quantum — plus the mathematical fluency that makes physics feel easier.
Who this is for
Year 12 and Year 13 physicists on any specification. Especially helpful if you’re taking Physics without Further Maths — a lot of the difficulty in A-Level Physics is really mathematical difficulty in disguise, and that’s fixable.
What we cover
- Mechanics and materials — motion, forces, momentum, work and energy, Young modulus, stress and strain
- Electricity — circuits, resistivity, internal resistance, potential dividers
- Waves and optics — superposition, standing waves, diffraction, interference, refraction and TIR
- Quantum — the photoelectric effect, energy levels, wave–particle duality
- Fields — gravitational, electric and magnetic; capacitance and exponential discharge
- Nuclear — radioactivity, binding energy, mass–energy equivalence
- Thermal and gases — ideal gases, kinetic theory, the first law
- Further options — astrophysics, medical physics, turning points, engineering
- Practical skills — uncertainties, error bars, log-linearising data, evaluating method
How I teach it
Two things separate an A from an A*.
The first is precise definitions: Every written question requires some sort of key word. I aim to drill the definitions and make sure you intuitively understand the concept so that these questions don’t become a problem.
The second is estimating whether an answer is sensible. If your calculation gives an electron a speed greater than light, you want to catch that yourself. We build the habit of sanity-checking every number.
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