Welcome
A Level Physics
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Contents
• Introduction to OCR
• Introduction to Physics
A Level
Physics
• Why change to our specification?
• Support and training
• Next steps
About OCR
• Part of Europe’s largest
assessment agency, Cambridge
Assessment
• UK’s leading awarding body
• Over 13,000 centres choose our
qualifications
• Qualifications are developed in
consultation with teachers
Our Mission
Our commitment is to provide qualifications which engage
learners of all ages whether at school, college, in work and part time training
programmes so they achieve their full potential
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Our Credentials
• Leading the way with new ideas
• Dedicated to offering respected
qualifications
• Engaging and relevant
qualifications
• Comprehensive support
framework
A Level
Physics A
Physics A Credentials
• Specifications attract more
candidates than any other
awarding body
• Designed for teachers by teachers
Key points of the specification
• Incorporated new topics and
removed some content
• Popular aspects have been
integrated
• No longer hierarchical assessment
Physics A | AS Structure
Teaching units
and Assessment
method and
weighting
G481 Mechanics
•Motion
•Forces in Action
•Work and Energy
G482 Electrons, Waves and Photons
•Electric Current
•Resistance
•DC Circuits
•Waves
•Quantum Physics
G483 Practical Skills in Physics 1
•This AS unit is teacher assessed and
externally moderated by OCR
•Learners are assessed on one task from
each of the following categories:
qualitative, quantitative and evaluation
tasks
Physics A | A2 Structure
Teaching units
and Assessment
method and
weighting
G484 The Newtonian World
•Newton’s Laws and Momentum
•Circular Motion and Oscillations
•Thermal Physics
G485 Fields, Particles and Frontiers of Physics
•Electric and Magnetic Fields
•Capacitors and Exponential Decay
•Nuclear Physics
•Medical Imaging
•Modelling the Universe
G486 Practical Skills in Physics 2
•This A2 unit is teacher assessed and
externally moderated by OCR
•Learners are assessed on one task from
each of the following categories:
qualitative, quantitative and evaluation
tasks
Stretch and Challenge
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Stretch and Challenge is a new QCA initiative for A Levels:
Included in A2 assessment
Reflected in the style of question asked which invite a greater variety of thinking
Questions are structured to show more connections between different sections of
the specification
Extended writing is encouraged in all subjects (except Maths0
A wider range of question types – like case studies and open ended questions
More synoptic assessments – exploring connections between different areas and
levels of a subject
A Level
Physics B
Physics B Credentials
• The focus is on how physics is put
into practice and used in the
modern world
• Learners explore the kind of
impact that discoveries in physics
have had on the way people live
now
• Developed with the Institute of
Physics
Key points of the specification
• Customised resources from the
Institute of Physics
• Digital imaging is now featured
• Distinctive content
Physics B | AS Structure
Teaching units
and Assessment
method and
weighting
G491 Physics in Action
•Communication
•Designer Materials
G492 Understanding Processes,
Experimentation and Data Handling
•Waves and Quantum Behaviour
•Space, Time and Motion
G493 Physics in Practice
•Quality of Measurement
•Physics in use
Physics B | A2 Structure
Teaching units
and Assessment
method and
weighting
G494 Rise and Fall of the
Clockwork Universe
•Models and Rules
•Matters in Extremes
G495 Field and Particle Pictures
•Fields
•Fundamental Particles
G496 Researching Physics
•Practical Investigation
•Researching Briefing
What’s in it for you?
• Easy to administer
• Rewarding to deliver
• Appeals to less experienced
teachers as well as those looking
to broaden their repertoire
• Clear guidance of Assessable
Learning Outcomes in the
specification
What’s in it for your learners?
• Enjoyable and motivational
• Improving performance through a
skill based subject
• Stretch and challenge
opportunities
• Clear, explicit and accessible
question papers
• Build on GCSE knowledge
What’s in it for your school?
• More student enrolments
• Flexibility in curriculum planning
• Good progression routes
Support
• Overarching scheme of work and
sample lesson plans
• E-community
• Exemplar candidate work
• Coursework guidance documents
• Past papers on line for you to
download
• Exam quest
• INSET
Publishers
• We are working with publisher
partner Heinemann to provide
further resources to support these
specifications. The student books
and teacher resources are
specifically tailored to the new
specification.
Next Steps
• Book training/events - www.ocr.org.uk/training
• Bookmark website for further information/future updates –
www.ocr.org.uk
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•A Level Human Biology
•A Level Chemistry A
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•A Level Geology
•AS Science
•A Level Applied Science