Unit 4 Physics on the Move

Momentum, s-cool,

Circular motion, s-cool,

Electric fields  s-cool (field),  s-cool (potential), Bite-size (capacitance), Student-room (capacitance), Antonine (capacitance - good notes)

Magnetic fields  s-cool (field shapes & strength), s-cool (forces), s-cool (induction), s-cool (lenzs law), s-cool (transformers); Antonine (good notes) ; micro-magnet (Lenz’s law applet)

Particle physics. S-cool (atomic structure), s-cool (standard model) , s-cool (matter & anti-matter)’ cyber-physics

Also - try “the particle adventure” here - LOADS of stuff relevant to this unit.

Unit 5 Physics from Creation to Collapse

Thermal energy - s-cool (temperature,internal energy, specific heat), goalfinder (quick animation of internal energy), hyperphysics (specific heat capacity), jersey university (gas laws applet), thinkquest (ideal gas laws),

Nuclear decay -

NOTE that many of these do not include the neutrino in beta decay, and it is required for A2 work. -

bytesize (background radiation), wikipedia (3 types), Darvil (3 types), wikipedia (beta decay), SLAC (detail on 3 types of decay), thinkquest (good diagrams of decay), bytesize (fission& fusion), unknown source (good text notes on binding energy), hyperphysics (binding energy), NASA (good notes on binding energy), IoP (binding energy per nucleon), scienceworld (decay constant & half-life), gcsescience (basic half-life stuff), darvil (excellent nuclear power site)

Oscillations - SparkNotes (notes on periodic motion here) & (notes on SHM here); wikipedia (good section on SHM includes animations); IoP (questions on periodic motion here) & (questions on energy in oscillators here); s-cool (SHM & Hooke’s law); galileoandeinstein (good notes on SHM including energy); sounds amazing (SHM & restoring force) & (damping here - bottom of page) & (free/forced oscillation & resonance here)

Astrophysics & Cosmology - IoP (field lines & field strength here) & (gravitational law questions here);     s-cool (gravitational field strength & radial fields), s-cool (Forces in a gravitational field here); wikibooks(good notes on radial fields such as gravity); australian telescope (LOADS of relevant stuff); cornell uni(Wien’s law); ucolick (more on Wien’s law & link to Planks law)

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Unit 6 Experimental Physics

 

This unit examines both ‘how science works’ and practical investigative skills. Candidates need to  plan, carry out and analyse a practical investigation.