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We understand the importance of education. We offer tailored private tuition designed to maximise success at GCSE, A Level and beyond. Our tutors are experienced professionals, teachers and top-tier graduates with extensive knowledge in their subjects.
On Tes we offer high quality board-specific resources. Please check back regularly as we are continually updating our stock.
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Specification Point 3.14 - Know that light waves are transverse waves and that they can be reflected and refracted.
Specification Point 3.15 - Use the law of reflection.
Specification Point 3.16 - Draw ray diagrams to illustrate reflection and refraction.
Specification Point 3.17 - Practical: investigate the refraction of light, using rectangular blocks, semi-circular blocks and triangular prisms.
Specification Point 3.18 - Know and use the relationship between refractive index, angle of incidence and angle of refraction.
Specification Point 3.19 - Practical: investigate the refractive index of glass, using a glass block.
Specification Point 3.20 - Describe the role of total internal reflection in transmitting information along optical fibres and in prisms.
Specification Point 3.21 - Explain the meaning of critical angle c.
Specification Point 3.22 - Know and use the relationship between critical angle and refractive index.
Specification Point 3.23 - Know that sound waves are longitudinal waves which can be reflected and refracted.
Complete set of Chapter 3 Lectures are available.
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Specification Point 1.37 - Understand how ions are formed by electron loss or gain.
Specification Point 1.38 - Know the charges of several atomic and molecular ions.
Specification Point 1.39 - Write formulae for compounds formed between the ions listed in 1.38.
Specification Point 1.40 - Draw dot-and-cross diagrams to show the formation of ionic compounds by electron transfer, limited to combinations of elements from groups 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7.
Specification Point 1.41 - Understand ionic bonding in terms of electrostatic attractions.
Specification Point 1.42 - Understand why compounds with giant ionic lattices have high melting and boiling points.
Specification Point 1.43 - Know that ionic compounds do not conduct electricity when solid, but do conduct electricity when molten and in aqueous solution.
Complete set of Chapter 3 Lectures are available.
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Specification Point 3.7 - Use the relationship between frequency and wavelength in different contexts including sound waves and electromagnetic waves.
Specification Point 3.8 - Explain why there is a change in the observed frequency and wavelength of a wave when its source is moving relative to an observer, and that this is known as the Doppler effect.
Specification Point 3.10 - Know that light is part of a continuous electromagnetic spectrum that includes radio, microwave, infrared, visible, ultraviolet, x-ray and gamma ray radiations and that all these waves travel at the same speed in free space.
Specification Point 3.11 - Know the order of the electromagnetic spectrum in terms of decreasing wavelength and increasing frequency, including the colours of the visible spectrum.
Specification Point 3.12 - Explain some of the uses of electromagnetic radiations.
Specification Point 3.13 - Explain the detrimental effects of excessive exposure of the human body to electromagnetic waves and describe simple protective measures against the risks.
Complete set of Chapter 3 Lectures are available.
Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format:
Specification Point 3.1 - Use the following units: degree (°), hertz (Hz), metre (m), metre/second (m/s) and second (s).
Specification Point 3.2 - Explain the difference between longitudinal and transverse waves.
Specification Point 3.3 - Know the definitions of amplitude, wavefront, frequency, wavelength and period of a waves.
Specification Point 3.4 - Know that waves transfer energy and information without transferring matter.
Specification Point 3.5 - Know and use the relationship between the speed, frequency and wavelength of a wave.
Specification Point 3.6 - Use the relationship between frequency and time period.
Complete set of Chapter 3 Lectures are available.
Complete set of concise, modern presentations for Edexcel IGCSE Physics (4PH1) Chapter 2 - Electricity. Contains colour coded specification points. Five presentations included:
9 - Mains Electricity
10 - Power, Current and Voltage
11 - Circuits Part 1
12 - Circuits Part 2
13 - Static Electricity
Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format:
Specification Point 2.22P - Identify common materials which are electrical conductors or insulators, including metals and plastics.
Specification Point 2.23P - Practical: investigate how insulating materials can be charged by friction.
Specification Point 2.24P - Explain how positive and negative electrostatic charges are produced on materials by the loss and gain of electrons.
Specification Point 2.25P - Know that there are forces of attraction between unlike charges and forces of repulsion between like charges.
Specification Point 2.26P - Explain electrostatic phenomena in terms of the movement of electrons.
Specification Point 2.27P - Explain the potential dangers of electrostatic charges.
Specification Point 2.28P - Explain some uses of electrostatic charges.
Complete set of Chapter 2 Lectures are available.
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Specification Point 2.15 - Know and use the relationship between charge, current and time.
Specification Point 2.16 - Know that electric current in solid metallic conductors is a flow of negatively charged electrons.
Specification Point 2.17 - Understand why current is conserved at a junction in a circuit.
Specification Point 2.18 - Know that the voltage across two components connected in parallel is the same.
Specification Point 2.19 - Calculate the currents, voltages and resistances of two resistive components connected in a series circuit.
Specification Point 2.20 - Know that voltage is the energy transferred per unit charge passed and that the volt is a joule per coulomb.
Specification Point 2.21 - Know and use the relationship between energy transferred, charge and voltage.
Complete set of Chapter 2 Lectures are available.
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Specification Point 2.7 - Explain why a series or parallel circuit is more appropriate for particular applications, including domestic lighting.
Specification Point 2.8 - Understand how the current in a series circuit depends on the applied voltage and the number and nature of other components.
Specification Point 2.9 - Describe how current varies with voltage in wires, resistors, metal filament lamps and diodes, and how to investigate this experimentally.
Specification Point 2.10 - Describe the qualitative effect of changing resistance on the current in a circuit.
Specification Point 2.11 - Describe the qualitative variation of resistance of light-dependent resistors (LDRs) with illumination and thermistors with temperature.
Specification Point 2.12 - Know that lamps and LEDs can be used to indicate the presence of a current in a circuit.
Specification Point 2.13 - Know and use the relationship between voltage, current and resistance.
Complete set of Chapter 2 Lectures are available.
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Specification Point 2.4 - Know and use the relationship between power, current and voltage and apply the relationship to the selection of appropriate fuses.
Specification Point 2.5 - Use the relationship between energy transferred, current, voltage and time.
Specification Point 2.6 - Know the difference between mains electricity being alternating current (A.C.) and direct current (D.C.) being supplied by a cell or battery.
Complete set of Chapter 2 Lectures are available.
Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format:
Specification Point 1.30P - Know and use the relationship between the moment of a force and its perpendicular distance from the pivot.
Specification Point 1.31P - Know that the weight of a body acts through its centre of gravity.
Specification Point 1.32P - Use the principle of moments for a simple system of parallel forces acting in one plane.
Specification Point 1.33P - Understand how the upward forces on a light beam, supported at its ends, vary with the position of a heavy object placed on the beam.
Complete set of Chapter 1 Lectures are available.
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Specification Point 1.25 - Know and use the relationship between momentum, mass and velocity.
Specification Point 1.26 - Use the idea of momentum to explain safety features.
Specification Point 1.27 - Use the conservation of momentum to calculate the mass, velocity or momentum of objects.
Specification Point 1.28 - Use the relationship between force, change in momentum and time taken.
Specification Point 1.29 - Demonstrate an understanding of Newton’s third law.
Complete set of Chapter 1 Lectures are available.
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Specification Point 1.22 - Practical: investigate how extension varies with applied force for helical springs, metal wires and rubber bands.
Specification Point 1.23 - Know that the initial linear region of a force-extension graph is associated with Hooke’s law.
Specification Point 1.24 - Describe elastic behaviour as the ability of a material to recover its original shape after the forces causing deformation have been removed.
Complete set of Chapter 1 Lectures are available.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
