Essential Physics GCSE is a unique collection of more than 60 interactive topics and experiments for GCSE level Physics. This title is available as part of the  Focus Science Online Resource Pack. See below for sample screenshots and a list of topics.

Motion

●  Speed & Velocity
●  Velocity & Acceleration
●  Distance-time graphs
●  Measuring Speed Experiment

Forces

●  Gravity, Mass & Weight
●  Combining Forces
●  Effects of Forces
●  Friction & Drag
●  Newton’s Laws
●  Force and Acceleration
●  Force & Acceleration Experiment
●  Stretching Effects

Momentum

●  What is Momentum?
●  Collisions
●  Explosions
●  Water Rocket Experiment

Turning Effect of Forces

●  Definitions
●  Balancing
●  Moments Experiment
●  Centre of Gravity
●  Stability


Pressure

●  Pressure
●  Pressure in Liquids
●  Atmospheric Pressure
●  Videos

Work , Energy & Power

●  Work
●  Conservation of Energy
●  Kinetic & Potential Energy
● Levers
● Gears
●  Stopping Distance Experiment
●  Energy Stored in a Spring Experiment


Particle Model of Energy

●  Particle Model
●  Gas Pressure
●  Changes of State
●  Changes of State Experiment

Atomic Structure

●  History
●  Atomic Structure

Radioactivity

●  Types of Radiation
●  Penetrating Properties
●  Magnetic Deflection
●  Half Life
●  Uses of Radiation
●  Dangers of Radiation

Nuclear Fission

●  Fission
●  Nuclear Reactors
●  Nuclear Power

Waves

●  Waves
●  Wave Equation
●  Wave Speed in a Ripple Tank

Sound

●  Sound
●  Sound Properties
●  How we Hear Sound
●  Speed of Sound
●  Medical Uses of Ultrasound

Electromagnetic Waves & Light

●  Electromagnetic Waves
●  Reflection at Plane Surfaces
●  Images in a Plane Mirror
●  Refraction
●  Refraction of Light
●  Optical Fibres
●  Dispersion
●  Colour & Vision
●  Lenses
●  Ray Diagrams for Lenses
●  Lens Experiments
●  How your Eyes Work

Heat

●  Specific Heat Capacity
●  Measuring SHC
●  Latent Heat
●  Specific Latent Heat of Ice
●  Heat Transfer
●  Heat Conduction Experiment
●  Radiation Experiment
●  Reducing Heat Loss
●  Rates of Cooling

Static Electrity

●  Insulators and Conductors
●  Charging Insulators
●  Force Between Charges

Electricity

●  Current
● Potential Difference
●  Resistance
● Circuit Symbols Test
● Circuits
●  IV Characteristics
●  Thermistor Characteristics
●  LDR Characteristics

Magnetic Fields

●  Magnets
●  Permanent Magnets
●  Magnetic Field of Straight Wire
●  Magnetic Field of a Coil

The Motor Effect

●  Motor Effect
●  Motor Effect Experiment
●  DC Motor
●  Loudspeaker

Electomagnetic Induction

●  Generator Effect
●  Magnet & Coil
●  Generator
●  Transformers
●  National Grid
●  Stopping distance
●  Transformer Experiment

The Earth in Space

●  Night & Day
●  Seasons
●  Phases of the Moon
●  Solar Eclipse
●  Solar System
●  Satellites
●  The Big Bang Theory

Activities

●  Combining resistors
●  Resultant forces
●  Quiz

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