Thermal Physics (A Level AQA) Independent Study Assignment

This book like resource is intended to be printed for students to self-teach the thermal physics topic, completely independently. That being said, it would be a great resource to use with teacher directed learning as a source of notes, assignments/practice paper questions, and mark schemes. This covers all of the content within the thermal physics topic, EXCEPT the required practical.

This resource is included as a word document (so that you can easily change the introduction and tips and timeline to suit your classroom needs) and as a pdf (for ease of printing). It also includes:

• separate files for each of the past paper question assignments with their mark schemes (note some of the assignments have parts of questions removed)
• extra past paper multiple choice questions and mark schemes for the subtopics thermal energy transfer, ideal gases, and molecular kinetic theory
• a background knowledge check and answers as a separate pdf that will fit on a folded A3, if you prefer to use it outside the independent study assignment

I have personally used this resource in a variety of settings, including:

• setting it as a summer task for pupils when I moved schools and the school was uncertain about the physics provision the pupils would receive, especially in September
• using it as an independent study assignment in the summer term where class time is often interrupted due to lower sixth students being out on university open days, taste-test courses, and tours. Students were expected to submit the assignments by particular dates (given in advance and summarized in the modified tips and timeline section for those pupils) and class time was used as one-to-one tutorials instead of whole class activities.
• giving it to students to use in conjunction with supplementing YouTube videos (here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvkSBB2m0eL_PkvbE8krDrhVuYADXzV9p) during Covid19 outbreak.