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Required practicals, maths skills and the equations

The skills every physics paper tests: units and standard form, uncertainty and errors, planning, graphs, the equations and the required practicals side by side.

Lessons

  1. Units, prefixes and standard formSI units, the prefixes from nano to giga, and standard form for very big and very small numbers. 20 min, with the Scientific Calculator, free
  2. Measurements, uncertainty and errorsSignificant figures, means and ranges, uncertainty, resolution, anomalies, and the words papers use about data. 25 min, with the Statistics Calculator, free
  3. Variables, planning and riskIndependent, dependent and control variables, hypotheses, choosing apparatus, risk, and writing a 6-mark plan. 25 min, Plus
  4. Graphs: gradients, intercepts and areasPlotting, lines of best fit, gradient and intercept, proportional or linear, the area under a graph and tangents to curves. 25 min, with the Graph Plotter, Plus
  5. The equations: learn, choose and rearrangeEvery GCSE Physics equation in two tables, the ones to learn by heart and the ones given on the sheet, then choosing and rearranging them. 25 min, with the Physics Formulas, Plus
  6. The required practicals side by sideEvery AQA physics required practical with its key measurement, its main source of error and the fix, then data questions in new contexts. 25 min, Plus

Practise and test

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