Year 10 Study Notes

You will study two units in Year 10:-

P1a Energy and Electricity

P1b Waves and Radiation

You will also study How Science Works. The physics sheets relating to this are on the physics HSW page.

Set 1a will do the exam for Unit 2 in January of Year 11; other sets will do this exam in June (Set 1a will then be doing the exam for Unit 3).

To be ready for the January exam, Set 1a will cover some parts of P2 while studying the same topics in P1a/b using their extra hour per fortnight. The syllabus references are:- P1b + 12.9, 12.10 (radiation); and P1a + 12.7, 12.8 (mains electricity).

Timetable

X Set (Set 1a studying P1a/P2)

Week A Wed 1 Week B Tue 4 B20
Thu 4 B20 Wed 1
Wed 5
Independent work will be set Thursday of Week A, due on the following Tuesday (Period 4).

Y Set (Set 2a studying P1b)

Week A Mon 4 B14 Week B Mon 3
Tue 1 Wed 2
Wed 4
Independent work will be set Wednesday of Week A, due on the following Monday (Period 3).

Class Sept-Nov Nov Nov-Mar Mar Mar-Jun Jun Jun-Jan Jan Jan-May Jun
10.1a P1a/P2 Exam P1b/P2 Exam P2 Exam P3 Exam
10.2a P1a Exam P1b Exam P2 P2 Exam
10.3a P1a Exam P1b Exam P2 P2 Exam

 

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