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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6 | Space Physics |
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EXAMINATIONS
All candidates take 3 papers.
Exam | Content | Duration | Weighting |
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Paper 1 (Core) or 2 (Extended) | Multiple choice | ¾ hour | 30 % |
Paper 3 (Core) or 4 (Extended) | Theory | 1¼ hours | 50 % |
Paper 6 | Alternative to practical (written) | 1 hour | 20 % |
Paper 1 and 3 tests skills appropriate to grades 5 to 1, Paper 2 and 4 tests skills enabling the award of grades 9 to 1 (9 is the highest grade).
- TEXT BOOK:
Complete Physics for Cambridge IGCSE by Stephen Pople, published by OUP