A Level AQA Physics topics
Every topic in this course, with the subtopics inside each one.
Topics and what they cover
- Measurements and their errors: 6 lessons: Use of SI units and their prefixes, Limitation of physical measurements, Estimation of physical quantities
- Particles and radiation: 15 lessons: Particles, Electromagnetic radiation and quantum phenomena
- Waves: 13 lessons: Progressive and stationary waves, Refraction, diffraction and interference
- Mechanics and materials: 14 lessons: Force, energy and momentum, Materials
- Electricity: 8 lessons: Current electricity
- Further mechanics and thermal physics (A-level only): 16 lessons: Periodic motion (A-level only), Thermal physics (A-level only)
- Fields and their consequences (A-level only): 31 lessons: Fields (A-level only), Gravitational fields (A-level only), Electric fields (A-level only), Capacitance (A-level only), Magnetic fields (A-level only)
- Nuclear physics (A-level only): 8 lessons: Radioactivity (A-level only)
- Astrophysics (A-level only): 23 lessons: Telescopes (A-level only), Classification of stars (A-level only), Cosmology (A-level only)
- Medical physics (A-level only): 34 lessons: Physics of the eye (A-level only), Physics of the ear (A-level only), Biological measurement (A-level only), Non-ionising imaging (A-level only), X-ray imaging (A-level only), Radionuclide imaging and therapy (A-level only)
- Engineering physics (A-level only): 16 lessons: Rotational dynamics (A-level only), Thermodynamics and engines (A-level only)
- Turning points in physics (A-level only): 21 lessons: The discovery of the electron (A-level only), Wave-particle duality (A-level only), Special relativity (A-level only)
- Electronics (A-level only): 34 lessons: Discrete semiconductor devices (A-level only), Analogue and digital signals (A-level only), Analogue signal processing (A-level only), Operational amplifier in:, Digital signal processing (A-level only), Data communication systems (A-level only)