Cambridge International Board (CIE: 0972)
- OUTLINE OF THE COURSE
This is an intensive one-year course that is largely covered in the autumn and spring terms. Students’ practical skills are developed during the course and assessed in a final written examination.
Section | Topic | Content | |
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1 | General Physics |
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2 | Thermal Physics |
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3 | Waves |
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4 | Electricity and Magnetism |
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5 | Atomic Physics |
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EXAMINATIONS
Exam | Content | Duration | Weighting |
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Paper 1 | 40 Multiple choice questions | ¾ hour | 30 % |
Paper 2 (Core) or 3 (Extended) | Structured short questions | 1¼ hours | 50 % |
Paper 6 | Alternative to practical (written) | 1 hour | 20 % |
Paper 2 tests skills appropriate to grades C to G, Paper 3 tests skills enabling the award of grades A* to B.
- TEXT BOOK:
Complete Physics for Cambridge IGCSE by Stephen Pople, published by OUP