Physics Courses in St. Andrew’s High School

Physics (Broad General Education)

S3: Sound Waves; Light Waves; Electromagnetic Spectrum; Electrical Charges; Circuits; Ohm’s Law; Forces; Speed; Acceleration.

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Physics (National 5)

Electricity and Energy: Conservation of Energy; Electrical Concepts; Electrical Circuits; Resistors; Electrical Energy; Semiconductor Diodes; Capacitors; Electrical Supplies for Electronic Circuits; Input and Output Devices; Switches; Specific Heat Capacity; Gas Laws and the Kinetic Model.

Waves and Radiation: Waves and Radiation; Electromagnetic Spectrum; Light; Nuclear Radiation.

Dynamics and Space: Describing Movement; Adding Vectors; Velocity-Time Graphs; Force, Gravity and Friction; Newton’s Laws; Energy; Work and Power; Projectiles; Space Exploration; Cosmology.

National 5 Physics Past Papers and Marking Instructions

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Physics (Higher)

Our Dynamic Universe: Motion; Forces; Energy and Power; Collisions; Momentum and Energy; Projectiles and Satellites; Special Relativity; Expanding Universe; Big Bang Theory.

Particles and Waves: Standard Model; Electric Fields; Nuclear Reactions; Wave Properties; Refraction of Light; Spectra.

Electricity: Electrons and Energy; Electrons at Work.

Higher Physics Past Papers and Marking Instructions

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Physics (Advanced Higher)