Suggested Study Plan Higher Physics

You must always write something down when you are studying. Use sharp pencils, rulers, a good calculator and clean paper. TURN YOUR PHONE OFF.
Make mind maps, bullet point, make flash cards, do past paper questions and check model answers, write out symbols, units, formula and rearrange.

Week What to Study Relationships Things you need to get help with
Motion:
Equations of motion – knowledge and calculations.
d = vt F = ma
Motion-time graphs for velocity, displacement and acceleration.
Forces, Energy and Power: s = vt W = mg
Vector addition and calculations involving force. v = u + at Ew = Fd
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Knowledge of friction, terminal velocity, tension and Newton’s s = ut + ½at2 Ep = mgh
Laws. v2 = u2 + 2as Ek = ½ mv2
Weight down a slope. s = ½ (u + v) t P = E/t
Conservation of energy.
Collisions, Explosions and Impulse: d = vt
Conservation of momentum – knowledge and calculations. s = vt
Inelastic and elastic collisions p = mv v = u + at
2 Force-time graphs. Ek = ½ mv2 s = ut + ½at2
Gravitation: Ft = mv - mu v2 = u2 + 2as
Projectiles – knowledge and calculations. s = ½ (u + v) t
Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation F = G m1m2/r2
Special Relativity: t’ = t / √(1 – (v/c)2)
Time dilation and length contraction. l’ = l √(1 – (v/c)2)
The Expanding Universe: fo = fs (v / v ± vs)
3 Doppler effect and redshift – knowledge and calculations. z = λobs – λrest / λrest
Hubble’s Law – knowledge and calculations. z=v/c
Dark matter, dark energy and stellar temperatures. v = Hod
Evidence for the Big Bang.
The Standard Model:
Knowledge of all fundamental particles.
Forces on Charged Particles:
W = QV
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Charges in electric and magnetic fields. Ek = ½ mv2
Particle accelerators.
Week What to Study Relationships Things you need to get help with
Nuclear Reactions:
Nuclear equations for radioactive decay, fission and fusion. I = P/A
5 Inverse Square Law: E = mc 2
I = k/d2
Irradiance – knowledge and calculations. I 1 d1 2 = I 2 d2 2
Inverse square law – knowledge and calculations.
Wave-Particle Duality:
E = hf path diff. = mλ
Photoelectric effect and photoemission – knowledge and calculations.
Interference:
Ek = hf - hfo or
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Constructive and destructive interference. Ek = ½ mv2 path diff. = (m+½)λ
Path difference – knowledge and calculations. V = fλ dsinθ = mλ
Spectra:
n = sinθ1 / sinθ2
Bohr model of the atom.
sinθ1 / sinθ2 = λ1 / λ2
Continuous, line and absorption spectra. E2 – E1 = hf
7 Refraction of Light: = v1 / v2
E = hf
Refractive index – knowledge and calculations. v = fλ
Critical angle – knowledge and calculations. sinθc = 1/n
Monitoring and Measuring AC: V = IR
Definition of AC. P = IV = I2R = V2/R
Vrms = Vpeak / √2 RT = R1 + R2 + …
Peak and r.m.s. voltage – definition and calculations.
Irms = Ipeak / √2
8 Frequency of a.c. signal – calculations. 1/Rt = 1/R1 + 1/R2 +
T=1/f
Current, Potential difference, Power, and Resistance: …
Electrical circuits – knowledge and calculations. V1 = (R1 / R1 + R2) Vs
Voltage dividers – knowledge and calculations. V1 / V2 = R2 / R2
Electrical Sources and Internal Resistance:
Electromotive force (EMF), internal resistance, lost volts, terminal
potential difference (t.p.d.), ideal supplies, short circuit and open
C=Q/V
circuit – knowledge and calculations.
Determination of EMF, internal resistance and short circuit current
Q = It
E = V + Ir
9 using graphical analysis. E = ½ QV
V = IR
Capacitors: E = ½ CV2
Capacitance – knowledge and calculations. E = ½ Q2/C
Capacitor charging and discharging graphs including effect of
resistance and capacitance.
Semiconductors and p-n Junctions:
Band theory for conductors, semiconductors and insulators.
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Doping.
LEDs and Solar Cells