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Edexcel IGCSE Physics Lecture 1 - Distance and Speed
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Edexcel IGCSE Physics Lecture 1 - Distance and Speed

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Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 1.1 - Understand how to use some common units in physics. Specification Point 1.3 - Plot and explain distance−time graphs. Specification Point 1.4 - Know and use the relationship between average speed, distance moved and time taken. Specification Point 1.5 - Practical: investigate the motion of everyday objects such as toy cars or tennis balls. Complete set of Chapter 1 Lectures are available.
Mock Exam Series - Edexcel IGCSE Physics Papers 1P and 2P (Set 2)
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Mock Exam Series - Edexcel IGCSE Physics Papers 1P and 2P (Set 2)

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A useful resource for students to practice their knowledge and examination technique for future external assessments. This is for the following papers: 4PH1 – 1P and 4PH1 – 2P These are based on the 2023 Predicted Papers These questions are completely original and have been designed from scratch. There has been no reuse of previous exam questions. For 1P: Our mock paper follows the format of the true Edexcel IGCSE Physics 1P paper closely. It is also the exact duration and mark-count, with questions of increasing difficulty. A mark scheme is also attached. The paper covers the following specification points: • Topic 1b - Movement and position (including practical 1.5) (1.3 – 1.10) • Topic 2c - Energy and voltage in circuits (2.7 – 2.21) • Topic 3b - Properties of waves (3.2 – 3.9) • Topic 4b - Energy transfers (4.2 – 4.10) • Topic 5b - Density and pressure (5.3 – 5.7) • Topic 7b - Radioactivity (7.2 – 7.15) • Topic 8b - Motion in the universe (8.2 – 8.6) For 2P: Our mock paper follows the format of the true Edexcel IGCSE Physics 2P paper closely. It is also the exact duration and mark-count, with questions of increasing difficulty. A mark scheme is also attached. The paper covers the following specification points: • Topic 1b - Movement and position (1.8 – 1.10) • Topic 1c - Forces, movement, shape and momentum (1.22 – 1.28P) • Topic 2d - Electric charge (2.22P – 2.28P) • Topic 4d - Energy resources and electricity generation (4.18P – 4.19P) • Topic 5d - Ideal gas molecules (5.16 – 5.22) • Topic 6d - Electromagnetic induction (6.17P - 6.19P) Disclaimer: This document was created by department heads with many years of experience teaching the Pearson Edexcel IGCSE Physics course. We cannot however guarantee that it is an accurate representation of upcoming examinations and students should not treat it as such. Please use this as an aid, alongside other methods of revision.
Edexcel IGCSE Physics Lecture 5 - Gravity, Weight and Drag
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Edexcel IGCSE Physics Lecture 5 - Gravity, Weight and Drag

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Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 1.18 - Know and use the relationship between weight, mass and gravitational field strength. Specification Point 1.19 - Know that the stopping distance of a vehicle is made up of the sum of the thinking distance and the braking distance. Specification Point 1.20 - Describe the factors affecting vehicle stopping distance, including speed, mass, road condition and reaction time. Specification Point 1.21 - Describe the forces acting on falling objects and explain why falling objects reach a terminal velocity. Complete set of Chapter 1 Lectures are available.
Edexcel IGCSE Physics Lecture 4 - Balanced and Unbalanced Forces
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Edexcel IGCSE Physics Lecture 4 - Balanced and Unbalanced Forces

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Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 1.15 - Calculate the resultant force of forces that act along a line. Specification Point 1.16 - Know that friction is a force that opposes motion. Specification Point 1.17 - Know and use the relationship between unbalanced force, mass and acceleration. Complete set of Chapter 1 Lectures are available.
Edexcel IGCSE Physics Lecture 3 - Forces
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Edexcel IGCSE Physics Lecture 3 - Forces

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Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 1.11 - Describe the effects of forces between bodies such as changes in speed, shape or direction. Specification Point 1.12 - Identify different types of force such as gravitational or electrostatic. Specification Point 1.13 - Understand how vector quantities differ from scalar quantities. Specification Point 1.14 - Understand that force is a vector quantity. Complete set of Chapter 1 Lectures are available.
Edexcel IGCSE Physics Lecture 2 - Acceleration
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Edexcel IGCSE Physics Lecture 2 - Acceleration

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Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 1.6 - Know and use the relationship between acceleration, change in velocity and time taken. Specification Point 1.7 - Plot and explain velocity-time graphs. Specification Point 1.8 - Determine acceleration from the gradient of a velocity−time graph. Specification Point 1.9 - Determine the distance travelled from the area between a velocity-time graph and the time axis. Specification Point 1.10 - Use the relationship between final speed, initial speed, acceleration and distance moved. Complete set of Chapter 1 Lectures are available.
Edexcel IGCSE Physics Lecture 21 - Sources of Energy
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Edexcel IGCSE Physics Lecture 21 - Sources of Energy

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Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 4.18P - Describe the energy transfers involved in generating electricity. Specification Point 4.19P - Describe the advantages and disadvantages of methods of large-scale electricity production from various renewable and non-renewable resources. Complete set of Chapter 4 Lectures are available.
Edexcel IGCSE Physics Presentations - Chapters 1-4
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Edexcel IGCSE Physics Presentations - Chapters 1-4

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Huge bundle of resources. First half of the Edexcel IGCSE Physics course covered in full. Complete set of concise, modern presentations for Edexcel IGCSE Physics (4PH1) Chapter 1 - Forces and Motion, Chapter 2 - Electricity, Chapter 3 - Waves and Chapter 4 - Energy Resources and Transfer. Contains colour coded specification points with handmade vector graphics. 21 presentations included: 1 - Distance and Speed 2 - Acceleration 3 - Forces 4 - Balanced and Unbalanced Forces 5 - Gravity, Weight and Drag 6 - Hooke’s Law 7 - Momentum 8 - Forces and Moments 9 - Mains Electricity 10 - Power, Current and Voltage 11 - Circuits Part 1 12 - Circuits Part 2 13 - Static Electricity 14 - Waves 15 - Electromagnetic Waves 16 - Reflection and Refraction 17 - Sound Waves 18 - Energy 19 - Thermal Energy 20 - Work and Power 21 - Sources of Energy
Edexcel IGCSE Physics Lecture 26 - Electromagnets Part 1
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Edexcel IGCSE Physics Lecture 26 - Electromagnets Part 1

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Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 6.8 - Know that an electric current in a conductor produces a magnetic field around it. Specification Point 6.12 - Understand why a force is exerted on a current-carrying wire in a magnetic field, and how this effect is applied in simple D.C. electric motors and loudspeakers. Specification Point 6.13 - Use the left-hand rule to predict the direction of the resulting force when a wire carries a current perpendicular to a magnetic field. Specification Point 6.14 - Describe how the force on a current-carrying conductor in a magnetic field changes with the magnitude and direction of the field and current. Specification Point 6.15 - Know that a voltage is induced in a conductor or a coil when it moves through a magnetic field or when a magnetic field changes through it and describe the factors that affect the size of the induced voltage. Specification Point 6.16 - Describe the generation of electricity by the rotation of a magnet within a coil of wire and of a coil of wire within a magnetic field, and describe the factors that affect the size of the induced voltage. Complete set of Chapter 6 Lectures are available.
Edexcel IGCSE Physics Lecture 20 - Work and Power
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Edexcel IGCSE Physics Lecture 20 - Work and Power

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Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 4.11 - Know and use the relationship between work done, force and distance moved in the direction of the force. Specification Point 4.12 - Know that work done is equal to energy transferred. Specification Point 4.13 - Know and use the relationship between gravitational potential energy, mass, gravitational field strength and height. Specification Point 4.14 - Know and use the relationship between kinetic energy, mass and speed. Specification Point 4.15 - Understand how conservation of energy produces a link between gravitational potential energy, kinetic energy and work. Specification Point 4.16 - Describe power as the rate of transfer of energy or the rate of doing work. Specification Point 4.17 - Use the relationship between power, work done and time taken. Complete set of Chapter 4 Lectures are available.
Edexcel IGCSE Physics Lecture 27 - Electromagnets Part 2
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Edexcel IGCSE Physics Lecture 27 - Electromagnets Part 2

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Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 6.9P - Describe the construction of electromagnets. Specification Point 6.10P - Draw magnetic field patterns for a straight wire, a flat circular coil and a solenoid when each is carrying a current. Specification Point 6.11P - Know that there is a force on a charged particle when it moves in a magnetic field as long as its motion is not parallel to the field. Specification Point 6.17P - Describe the structure of a transformer, and understand that a transformer changes the size of an alternating voltage by having different numbers of turns on the input and output sides. Specification Point 6.18P - Explain the use of step-up and step-down transformers in the large-scale generation and transmission of electrical energy. Specification Point 6.19P - Know and use the relationship between input and output voltages and the turns ratio for a transformer. Specification Point 6.20P - Know and use the relationship between input power and output power. Complete set of Chapter 6 Lectures are available.
Edexcel IGCSE Physics Presentations - Chapters 5-8
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Edexcel IGCSE Physics Presentations - Chapters 5-8

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Huge bundle of resources. Second half of the Edexcel IGCSE Physics course covered in full. Complete set of concise, modern presentations for Edexcel IGCSE Physics (4PH1) Chapter 5 - Solids, Liquids and Gases, Chapter 6 - Magnetism and Electromagnetism, Chapter 7 - Radioactivity and Chapter 8 - Astrophysics. Contains colour coded specification points with handmade vector graphics. 12 presentations included: 22 - Density and Pressure 23 - Changes of State 24 - Ideal Gases 25 - Magnetism 26 - Electromagnets Part 1 27 - Electromagnets Part 2 28 - Radioactivity Part 1 29 - Radioactivity Part 2 30 - Fission and Fusion 31 - The Universe 32 - The Evolution of Stars 33 - Cosmology
Edexcel IGCSE Physics Lecture 29 - Radioactivity Part 2
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Edexcel IGCSE Physics Lecture 29 - Radioactivity Part 2

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Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 7.10 - Explain the sources of background radiation from Earth and space. Specification Point 7.11 - Know that the activity of a radioactive source decreases over a period of time and is measured in becquerels. Specification Point 7.12 - Know the definition of the term half-life and understand that it is different for different radioactive isotopes. Specification Point 7.13 - Use the concept of the half-life to carry out simple calculations on activity, including graphical methods. Specification Point 7.14 - Describe uses of radioactivity in industry and medicine. Specification Point 7.15 - Describe the difference between contamination and irradiation. Specification Point 7.16 - Describe the dangers of ionising radiations and how to dispose of radioactive waste. Complete set of Chapter 7 Lectures are available.
Mock Exam Series (Set #1) - Edexcel IGCSE Separate Award Papers
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Mock Exam Series (Set #1) - Edexcel IGCSE Separate Award Papers

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A useful resource for students to practice their knowledge and examination technique for future external assessments - the complete series! This is for the following papers: 4BI1 – 1B, 2B; 4CH1 – 1C, 2C; 4PH1 – 1P, 2P. These questions are completely original and have been designed from scratch. There has been no reuse of previous exam questions. For 1B: Our mock paper follows the format of the true Edexcel IGCSE Biology 1B paper closely, with the CORMS and graph question included. It is also the exact duration and mark-count, with questions of increasing difficulty. A mark scheme is also attached. The paper covers the following specification points: • Topic 2d - Movement of substances into and out of cells (including practical 2.17 (2.15 – 2.17) • Topic 2g - Gas exchange (including practical 2.50) (2.46 – 2.50) • Topic 2h - Transport (2.51 – 2.54, 2.59 – 2.62, 2.65 – 2.69) • Topic 2j - Co-ordination and response (2.80 – 2.94) • Topic 3a - Reproduction (3.1 – 3.9, 3.11 – 3.13) • Topic 3b - Inheritance (3.14 – 3.15, 3.19 – 3.20, 3.22 – 3.34, 3.38 – 3.39) • Topic 5b - Selective breeding (5.10 – 5.11) For 2B: Our mock paper follows the format of the true Edexcel IGCSE Biology 2B paper closely. The obligatory comprehension question is also included. A mark scheme is also attached. The paper covers the following specification points: • Topic 2c Biological molecules (including practical 2.9 and practical 2.14B) (2.7 – 2.14B) • Topic 2g Gas exchange (including practical 2.45B) (2.40B – 2.50) • Topic 2i Excretion (2.70 – 2.79B) • Topic 3b Inheritance (3.14 – 3.39) • Topic 4c Cycles within ecosystems (4.10 – 4.11B) • Topic 4d Human influences on the environment (4.12 – 4.18B) For 1C: Our mock paper follows the format of the true Edexcel IGCSE Chemistry 1C paper closely. It is also the exact duration and mark-count, with questions of increasing difficulty. A mark scheme is also attached. The paper covers the following specification points: • Topic 1a - States of matter (1.1 – 1.4) • Topic 1c - Atomic structure (1.14 – 1.17) • Topic 1e - Chemical formulae, equations and calculations (including practical 1.36) (1.25 – 1.33, 1.36) • Topic 1g - Covalent bonding (1.44 – 1.51) • Topic 2c - Gases in the atmosphere (2.9 – 2.14) • Topic 2h - Chemical tests (2.44 – 2.50) • Topic 3b - Rates of reaction (3.9 – 3.13) • Topic 4b - Crude oil (4.7 – 4.18) • Topic 4c - Alkanes (4.19 – 4.22) For 2C: Our mock paper follows the format of the true Edexcel IGCSE Chemistry 2C paper closely. It is also the exact duration and mark-count, with questions of increasing difficulty. A mark scheme is also attached. The paper covers the following specification points: • Topic 1e - Chemical formulae, equations and calculations (1.25 – 1.36) • Topic 1i - Electrolysis (1.55C – 1.60C) • Topic 2b - Group 7 (2.5 – 2.8C) • Topic 2c - Gases in the atmosphere (2.9 – 2.14) • Topic 2e - Extraction and uses of metals (2.22C – 2.27C) • Topic 2f - Acids, alkalis and titrations (2.28 – 2.33C) • Topic 2h - Chemical tests (2.44 – 2.50) • Topic 3a - Energetics (including practical 3.8) (3.1 – 3.8) • Topic 4f - Carboxylic acids (4.34C – 4.37C) • Topic 4h - Synthetic polymers (4.44 – 4.50C) For 1P: Our mock paper follows the format of the true Edexcel IGCSE Physics 1P paper closely. It is also the exact duration and mark-count, with questions of increasing difficulty. A mark scheme is also attached. The paper covers the following specification points: • Topic 1b - Movement and position (including practical 1.5) (1.3 – 1.10) • Topic 2c - Energy and voltage in circuits (2.7 – 2.21) • Topic 3b - Properties of waves (3.2 – 3.9) • Topic 4b - Energy transfers (4.2 – 4.10) • Topic 5b - Density and pressure (5.3 – 5.7) • Topic 7b - Radioactivity (7.2 – 7.15) • Topic 8b - Motion in the universe (8.2 – 8.6) For 2P: Our mock paper follows the format of the true Edexcel IGCSE Physics 2P paper closely. It is also the exact duration and mark-count, with questions of increasing difficulty. A mark scheme is also attached. The paper covers the following specification points: • Topic 1c - Forces, movement, shape and momentum (1.11 – 1.33P) • Topic 3d - Light and sound (including core practical 3.27P) (3.14 – 3.29P) • Topic 5c - Changes of state (including practicals 5.11P and 5.14P) (5.8P – 5.14P) • Topic 6d - Electromagnetic induction (6.15 – 6.20P) • Topic 7c - Fission and fusion (7.17 – 7.26) • Topic 8d - Cosmology (8.13P – 8.18P) Disclaimer: This document was created by department heads with many years of experience teaching the Pearson Edexcel IGCSE Science course. We cannot however guarantee that it is an accurate representation of upcoming examinations and students should not treat it as such. Please use this as an aid, alongside other methods of revision.
Mock Exam - Edexcel IGCSE Physics Paper 1P (Set 1)
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Mock Exam - Edexcel IGCSE Physics Paper 1P (Set 1)

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A useful resource for students to practice their knowledge and examination technique for future external assessments. This is for the following paper: 4PH1 - 1P This mock is based on our 2022 Predicted Papers. These questions are completely original and have been designed from scratch. There has been no reuse of previous exam questions. Our mock paper follows the format of the true Edexcel IGCSE Physics 1P paper closely. It is also the exact duration and mark-count, with questions of increasing difficulty. A mark scheme is also attached. The paper covers the following specification points: • Topic 1b - Movement and position (including practical 1.5) (1.3 – 1.10) • Topic 2c - Energy and voltage in circuits (2.7 – 2.21) • Topic 3b - Properties of waves (3.2 – 3.9) • Topic 4b - Energy transfers (4.2 – 4.10) • Topic 5b - Density and pressure (5.3 – 5.7) • Topic 7b - Radioactivity (7.2 – 7.15) • Topic 8b - Motion in the universe (8.2 – 8.6) Disclaimer: This document was created by department heads with many years of experience teaching the Pearson Edexcel IGCSE Physics course. We cannot however guarantee that it is an accurate representation of upcoming examinations and students should not treat it as such. Please use this as an aid, alongside other methods of revision.
Edexcel IGCSE Physics Lesson 2 - Acceleration
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Edexcel IGCSE Physics Lesson 2 - Acceleration

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Powerpoint lecture and associated PDF worksheet covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 1.6 - Know and use the relationship between acceleration, change in velocity and time taken. Specification Point 1.7 - Plot and explain velocity-time graphs. Specification Point 1.8 - Determine acceleration from the gradient of a velocity−time graph. Specification Point 1.9 - Determine the distance travelled from the area between a velocity-time graph and the time axis. Specification Point 1.10 - Use the relationship between final speed, initial speed, acceleration and distance moved. Complete set of Chapter 1 Lessons are available.
Edexcel IGCSE Physics Worksheet 4 - Balanced and Unbalanced Forces
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Edexcel IGCSE Physics Worksheet 4 - Balanced and Unbalanced Forces

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Companion PDF worksheet for Edexcel IGCSE Physics Lecture 4 - Balanced and Unbalanced Forces. Contains short answer questions, an activity requiring lateral thinking and exam-style questions. Specification Point 1.15 - Calculate the resultant force of forces that act along a line. Specification Point 1.16 - Know that friction is a force that opposes motion. Specification Point 1.17 - Know and use the relationship between unbalanced force, mass and acceleration. Complete set of Chapter 1 Worksheets are available.
Edexcel IGCSE Physics Worksheet 2 - Acceleration
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Edexcel IGCSE Physics Worksheet 2 - Acceleration

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Companion PDF worksheet for Edexcel IGCSE Physics Lecture 2 - Acceleration. Contains short answer questions, an activity requiring lateral thinking and exam-style questions. Specification Point 1.6 - Know and use the relationship between acceleration, change in velocity and time taken. Specification Point 1.7 - Plot and explain velocity-time graphs. Specification Point 1.8 - Determine acceleration from the gradient of a velocity−time graph. Specification Point 1.9 - Determine the distance travelled from the area between a velocity-time graph and the time axis. Specification Point 1.10 - Use the relationship between final speed, initial speed, acceleration and distance moved. Complete set of Chapter 1 Worksheets are available.