A Level Physics Resources
There are two types of resources here, supporting homework and exam revision, created for the AQA A-level Physics course in the early 2000s.
Practice problems and answers
These are homework questions and answers that I devised week by week, as we worked through the course. I tried to create meaningful and engaging problems, which would enable students to develop their physics understanding, and also teach them how to structure answers to get the best marks in exams.
Everything was hand written in pencil and photocopied – much quicker, and errors could be altered. The manuscripts have been scanned and converted to PDF. There are fully worked answers, showing where marks are allocated, for just about all the questions. My staff code was Mn (the deputy head who did the timetable was a chemistry teacher, so he gave staff two-letter codes, like the elements). There are little verbal and visual puns here and there – anything to lighten the exercise!
Exam revision
The key knowledge, concepts, definitions and formulas are organised in a set of tables. These support two types of revision: “Cue Cards” and “Just a Minute”. Both these types of revision can be done without writing, and will be better with a friend, who does not need to know any physics at all.
The resources here are written for Physics revision, but the principles can be used for other subjects.
Syllabuses will come and go, but there will always be Physics – and practice problems and exams. I hope you find these useful, and I wish you well.
Any constructive feedback is welcome.
Andrew McNeil
May 2024