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Nuffield GCSE Physics

This Nuffield GCSE Physics resource was developed, in 1996, to match the National Curriculum Science: Physics at Key Stage Four.

This resource consists of a student study guide and teachers’ notes. The student guide gives a summary of the knowledge the students require for the topic and the associated practical skills. The teachers’ guide gives notes on the activities, solutions to questions and equipment lists and safety notes, where appropriate.

The activities are differentiated into Foundation and Higher Tier – the Higher learning outcomes are indicated by an H in the activity title of the teachers’ notes. There are a total of 97 activities listed within the teachers’ notes.

The topics covered are:

• Force energy and motion

• Electricity and magnetism

• Waves • Electricity in buildings

• Energy in buildings

• Waves in health physics

• Radioactivity in health physics

• Waves and radioactivity

• Our place in Space

• Force and energy in transport

• Electricity and energy

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