Curriculum Plan for Parents – Year 11
Subject
Additional Science (Physics)
Contact Person
Mr R Clift
Half term
and topic
Your child will learn....
Key Homework
Assessment
Homework booklet
with past paper
questions
End of topic tests
Autumn 1
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Autumn 2
Spring 1
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AC and DC
The three pin plug
Fuses, circuit breakers and
RCD s
Electrical power
The volt as a joule per
coulomb
Homework booklet
with past paper
questions
End of topic tests
The structure of atoms
Isotopes
Types and properties of
Radioactivity
 Half life
 Use of radioactive sources
 Nuclear fission
 Nuclear Fusion
 Life cycle of Stars
 REVISION
Homework booklet
with past paper
questions
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Summer 2
Mock GCSE Exam
End of topic tests
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Summer 1
Homework booklet
with past paper
questions
Controlled assessment
Homework booklet
with past paper
questions
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Spring 2
The effects of resultant
forces on the motion of an
object
Calculations of acceleration
and velocity
Representing motion
graphically
Relationship between force
and acceleration
Forces and braking
Terminal velocity
Weight and mass
Extension of elastic objects
Work done and Power
Gravitational potential
energy and kinetic energy
Momentum
Static electricity and its
causes
Laws of static electricity
Electric current, potential
difference and resistance
Ohmic and non-ohmic
components
Series and parallel circuits
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End of topic tests
Final GCSE exam