St Mary's Physics

Advanced Higher Physics Course Content

Unit 1 Mechanics
Kinematic relationships and relativistic motion
Angular motion
Rotational dynamics
Gravitation
Simple Harmonic Motion
Wave particle duality

Unit 2 Electrical Phenomena
Electric fields
Electromagnetism
Motion in a magnetic field
Self inductance
Forces of Nature

Unit 3 Wave Phenomena
Waves
Interference – division of amplitude
Interference – division of wavefront
Polarisation

Unit 4 Investigation
Units, prefixes and scientific notation
Uncertainties

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