OCR GCSE 21st Century Physics

About this course

Physics, like Chemistry and Biology, consists of three parts:
Modules from Core Science (P1, P2, P3) and Additional Science (P4, P5, P6) plus an extension module (P7).

I’m including on this page details of the extension modules for both old and new courses. Make sure you know which course you are taking – old or new.

Exam dates for 2012

New course: The first exams for the extension module will be summer 2013.

Old course: P7 – May 30th

Exam papers

New course: Specimen papers, specification and other resources from the new science pages on the OCR website.

Old course: Past exam papers, specification and other resources from the OCR website.

Course content

The following is the content for the extension module, which is taken after the (core) science and additional science papers.

New Course

Module P7: Further Physics – Studying the Universe
~ Naked eye astronomy
~ Light, telescopes and images
~ Mapping the Universe
~ The Sun, the stars and their surroundings
~ The astronomy community

Unit PCA: Physics controlled assessment

Old course

Module P7:  Further Physics – Observing the
Universe

•  How do astronomers observe the sky?
•  How does a telescope work?
•  What are the objects we see in the night sky and how far
away are they?
•  What are stars?
•  How do astronomers work together?

Study resources

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