Subject Intent: Why Physics?
Physics develops key transferrable skills through the study of the universe from the smallest to the largest scales. Some of the highest skills shortages in Yorkshire are in STEM and our curriculum is designed to develop scientific methodology, awareness of the advances of technology and recognition of the value of Physics in society so that students can go on to enjoy careers in fields such as Engineering (mechanical, structural and civil), geophysics and radiation protection.
What will I study?
Year 12
- Waves, including the strange things that happen when waves meet
- Particles and radiation, including antiparticles, quarks and quantum phenomena
- Mechanics and materials, including projectile motion and collisions
- Electricity, including resistivity and superconductivity
- Practical skills
- Further mechanics,including oscillations and circular motion
- Thermal physics, including gas laws
- Fields and their consequences, including electrical fields, capacitors, gravitational fields, orbits, magnetic fields and electromagnetic induction
- Nuclear physics, our knowledge of the nucleus and its application
- An optional unit, ‘Turning points in Physics’, which builds on a range of the physics studied in earlier sections
- Practical skills
Physics
Please note: Subject videos have been filmed from colleges across our Trust.
What are lessons like in this subject?
What our
students
Physics is such an interesting subject. There’s nothing better than knowing that I’ll go to a Physics lesson and learn something new about the way that the universe works. It’s quite a challenging subject but very rewarding.
Lainey Aspinall, Campsmount Academy
