O-Level Physics (5054) | Details of Topics
In this post, details of what needs
to be known for the Cambridge O-Level Physics (5054) syllabus are provided in
form of tables in the file available below.
The file may be
used as follows:
You can use the table throughout
your course to check the topic areas you have covered. There is no need to
start at the beginning. Use it when you finish a section of your course to make
sure that you understand what you should be able to do.
When
you think you have a good knowledge of a topic, you can tick the appropriate
box in the checklist column.
Test yourself as follows:
- cover up the details with a piece of paper
- try to remember the details
- when you have remembered the details correctly, put a tick in the appropriate box
You
can also use it as a revision aid at the end of the course to find out any
weaknesses or areas you need to do some work on or ask your teacher about.
If you use a pencil to tick the boxes,
you can retest yourself whenever you want by simply rubbing out the ticks. If
you are using the table to check which topics you have covered, you can put a
tick in the topic column, next to the appropriate bullet point.
The column headed ‘Comments’ can be
used:
- to add further information about the details for each bullet point
- to add learning aids, e.g. simple equations set out in a triangle to help in rearranging the equation
- to show areas of difficulty/things you need to ask your teacher about
There are 6 major themes in
the table:
- General Physics
- Mechanics and Properties of Matter
- Energy and Thermal Physics
- Waves
- Electricity and Magnetism
- Atomic Physics
Each theme contains a number
of sections. The 27 sections cover the whole syllabus. Each section contains
a number of topics and the table lists what you should be able to do in each
topic.
You should note that questions on
Section 25, Electronic Systems, only appear in Paper 2 and are always set as an
alternative within a question.
Your teacher may have chosen not to
cover this Section in your course. In that case you should not need to learn
that topic. Do, however, make sure that you understand section 24, Introductory
Electronics.
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