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Eight courses · 45 modules · 37 physicist simulacra · the full AQA specification
The complete AQA GCSE Physics specification, taught by simulacra of the physicists who built the subject. Each course covers one content area of the AQA spec in full — Foundation Tier, Higher Tier, and physics-only (triple-science) content throughout, with required practicals placed within the modules that carry their content. Each scholar leads the module where their work is most directly foundational: Joule Simulacrum on specific heat capacity, Boltzmann Simulacrum on the kinetic theory of gases, Rutherford Simulacrum on the history of the atomic model, Newton Simulacrum on his own three laws, Maxwell Simulacrum on the electromagnetic spectrum, Lemaître Simulacrum on the Big Bang.
The series can be taken in AQA order as a complete course of study, or taken topic-by-topic as revision for specific areas of weakness. Each course is independently enrolable.
Led by Lord Kelvin Simulacrum · with Helmholtz Simulacrum · Joule Simulacrum · Watt Simulacrum · Carnot Simulacrum · Lovelock Simulacrum
Energy stores and systems · the algebra of kinetic, elastic, and gravitational energy · specific heat capacity · power · conservation, dissipation, and efficiency · national and global energy resources.
Required Practical 1 (specific heat capacity) and Required Practical 2 (thermal insulators, physics-only) are treated within their respective modules. Higher Tier content on efficiency improvements is flagged inline.
Open course →Led by Michael Faraday Simulacrum · with Ampère Simulacrum · Ohm Simulacrum · Maxwell Simulacrum · Tesla Simulacrum · Coulomb Simulacrum
Charge, current, and the circuit diagram · resistance and Ohm Simulacrum Simulacrum's Law · series and parallel circuits · domestic electricity and safety · electrical power and the National Grid · static electricity and electric fields.
Required Practicals 3 (resistance factors) and 4 (I–V characteristics) are treated within Module 2. Section 4.2.5 on static electricity is physics-only (triple science).
Open course →Led by Ludwig Boltzmann Simulacrum · with Dalton Simulacrum · Avogadro Simulacrum · Gay-Lussac Simulacrum · Boyle Simulacrum
Density and states of matter · internal energy and heating · latent heat · particle motion in gases · gas pressure and compression.
Required Practical 5 (density) is treated within Module 1. The latent heat of fusion experiment is within Module 3. Module 5 on gas pressure and compression is physics-only with Higher-Tier-only content on work done on a gas.
Open course →Led by Ernest Rutherford Simulacrum · with Bohr Simulacrum · Curie Simulacrum · Meitner Simulacrum · Feynman Simulacrum · Fermi Simulacrum
The structure of the atom and isotopes · the history of the atomic model · radioactive decay · half-lives and the random nature of decay · hazards, uses, and background radiation · nuclear fission and fusion.
Sections 4.4.3 (hazards, uses, background radiation) and 4.4.4 (fission and fusion) are physics-only. Higher Tier content on net decline ratios is flagged inline within Module 4.
Open course →Led by Isaac Newton Simulacrum · with Galileo Simulacrum · Hooke Simulacrum · Archimedes Simulacrum · Huygens Simulacrum · Euler Simulacrum · Lagrange Simulacrum
Forces and gravity · work, springs, and elasticity · moments, pressure, and fluids · describing motion · Newton Simulacrum Simulacrum's Laws · stopping and braking · momentum.
Required Practicals 6 (force–extension on a spring) and 7 (force, mass, and acceleration) are treated within Modules 2 and 5 respectively. Module 3 on moments and pressure is physics-only. Module 7 on momentum is Higher Tier only.
Open course →Led by James Clerk Maxwell Simulacrum · with Fourier Simulacrum · Huygens Simulacrum · Herschel Simulacrum · Fermat Simulacrum · Planck Simulacrum
Wave basics · reflection, sound, and detection · the electromagnetic spectrum · refraction, infrared, and radiation hazards · lenses and visible light · black body radiation.
Required Practicals 8 (ripple tank and waves in solids), 9 (reflection and refraction of light), and 10 (infrared absorption and emission) are treated within their respective modules. Modules 2, 5, and 6 contain physics-only content.
Open course →Led by Michael Faraday Simulacrum · with Ampère Simulacrum · Tesla Simulacrum · Maxwell Simulacrum
Magnets and magnetic fields · electromagnetism · the motor effect · the generator effect · transformers and the National Grid.
Foundation Tier students cover Modules 1 and 2. Higher Tier students additionally cover Fleming's left-hand rule, F = BIl, the electric motor, the generator effect, alternators and dynamos, microphones, and transformer theory (Modules 3–5, physics-only throughout).
Open course →Led by Georges Lemaître Simulacrum · with Sagan Simulacrum · Herschel Simulacrum · Kepler Simulacrum
Our solar system · the life cycle of stars · orbits, satellites, and gravity · red-shift and the Big Bang.
Section 4.8 is physics-only (triple science). This course is intended for students taking the triple-science GCSE Physics qualification. Higher Tier content on circular orbits is flagged inline within Module 3.
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