GCSEs form a basis upon which higher education and successful careers are built, our tutor supported open distance learning GCSE Physics course provides the necessary knowledge, skills and qualification without disrupting your current lifestyle.
The DCA Home Learning Physics GCSE course provides the core knowledge and skills needed to embark on a rewarding pathway to success. The distance learning Physics GCSE course is specially designed, allowing you to learn about Physics through flexible and cost-effective home study at your own time and pace.
With the distance learning Physics GCSE course, online study resources and a personal tutor are available to guide you throughout your studies, and your Student Advisor is a Freephone call away.
The DCA Physics GCSE course provides an award from the AQA, a nationally recognised body. The GCSE award is recognised by employers and higher education providers as proof of your ability and determination to succeed. Many people pass GCSEs through home study.
If you'd like to advance your knowledge or to earn more money from a career where GCSE Physics is an essential qualification, and to enjoy increased status and security, the DCA home study GCSE Physics course is the ideal distance learning home study course for you.
The GCSE Physics course is divided into two modules. The first half of the course provides an introduction to physics and outlines measurement scales and instruments. You then go on to look at energy sources and the properties of heat. You will study light geometrical objects and the electro-magnetic spectrum. The first module concludes with the properties of solids, liquids and gases, and material and energy storage.
The second module addresses electricity, electrostatics and magnetism. You will also study radiation and its effects as well as electronics. The course also looks at hydraulic pressure, the solar system and movement in space.
Examinations
Examinations are normally in June, although you may be able to arrange to sit some part of the GCSE in January.
Examination Entry Information
DCA will provide whatever help we can with examination information, finding an exam centre and authenticating coursework but entering examinations is entirely the responsibility of the student and the contract for sitting the examinations is between the student and the exam centre. We are not an exam centre and therefore although we can give information and guidance, we cannot make your entry for you, or change an incorrect entry. Full details about exams can be obtained on application. Students will sit external examinations and receive a certificate from the awarding body AQA.
Textbooks
In addition to the recommended text, each course has a suggested reading list to help you achieve a broader understanding of the subject. Some subjects also require an accompanying textbook(s) which you will need to obtain.
Module One
• Introduction To Physics
• Measurement Scales And Instruments
• Energy Sources, Forms And Uses
• Temperature And Heat
• Heat Transfer And The Effects Of Heat
• Gases And Their Behaviour
• Light Geometrical Optics
• Refraction
• Diffraction
• The Electro-Magnetic Spectrum
• Light And Water Waves
• Sound Waves
• General Wave Behaviour
• Force
• Motion
• Work, Energy And Power
• Kinetic Theory
• Properties Of Liquids, Solids And Gases
• Materials And Energy Storage
Module 2
• Current Electricity
• Electrostatics
• Magnetism And Electricity
• Uses Of Electricity
• Atomic Structure
• Radiation And Its Effects
• Electronic Components
• Uses Of Electronics
• Fluids
• Surface Tension
• Fluid Flow
• Hydraulic Pressure
• Energy Resources And Domestic Energy
• The Solar System
• Movement In Space
• Revision And Specimen Examination |
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