Course: AS Physics Unit1

Topic outline

General

Collapse all Expand all
Physics AS Module 1

Particles, Radiation Quantum Phenomena and Electricity
This Module is worth 40% of the total AS level Mark (20% of the full A level mark)
Note that only the topics taught in the High School are listed.
- Forum, Specification and Past Papers
- Forum
  
  News forum
- Data Sheet and Specification
- File
  
  AS SPECIFICATION (includes data sheet) File
- File
  
  Data Sheet File
- Past Papers
- File
  
  Specimen Paper Unit 1 File
- File
  
  Paper 1 June 2011 File
- File
  
  Mark scheme June 2011 File
- File
  
  Paper 1 January 2011 File
- File
  
  Mark scheme January 2011 File
- File
  
  Paper 1 January 2010 File
- File
  
  Paper 1 Jan 2010 Mark Scheme File
- File
  
  Paper 1-June 2010 File
- File
  
  June 2010 Mark scheme File
- File
  
  Paper 1 Jan 2009 File
- File
  
  _Paper 1 Jan 2009 Mark Scheme File
- File
  
  Paper 1 June 2009 File
- File
  
  June 2009 |Mark scheme File
- URL
  
  Institute of Physics TAP site URL
- File
  
  The Higgs! File
Topic 1
(Old Specification Past Exam Papers)

These examination papers refer to the old AQA AS level, however the content of the particle physics component of the course is substantialy the same.
- File
  
  Paper 1 Jan 04 File
- File
  
  mark scheme Jan 04 File
- File
  
  paper1 Jan 05 File
- File
  
  mark scheme Jan 05 File
- File
  
  paper1 Jan 06 File
- File
  
  mark scheme Jan 06 File
- File
  
  paper 1 June 04 File
- File
  
  mark scheme June 04 File
- File
  
  paper 1 June 05 File
- File
  
  mark scheme June 05 File
- File
  
  paper 1 June 06 File
- File
  
  mark scheme June 06 File
- -------------------------------------------
Topic 2
The Existence of Atoms
- File
  
  introducing the atom File
- File
  
  SIMULATION- Build and Atom File
- File
  
  Ions Nuclides and Isotopes File
- File
  
  Worksheet 1- Atomic Structure and Isotopes File
- File
  
  Assignment N/Z plots File
- File
  
  Specific Charge File
- File
  
  Specific Charge - Calculated Examples File
- File
  
  Example Exam Questions File
- Quiz
  
  The Composite Nature of Atoms Quiz
- Quiz
  
  Quiz 2
Topic 3
Stable and unstable nuclei
- File
  
  Alpha Decay Beta Decay and NZ Plots File
- File
  
  Lepton Number and Beta Decay File
- File
  
  The Strong Force and Nuclear Decay File
- File
  
  Worksheet -Unstable Nuclei File
- File
  
  Exam Question- Stable And Unstable Nuclei File
- File
  
  Particle Tracks File
- File
  
  An Account of The Discovery of Beta Decay File
- File
  
  SIMULATION-Beta Decay File
- File
  
  SIMULATION-Alpha Decay File
Topic 4
Particles, Antiparticles and Photons
- File
  
  The Planck formula File
- File
  
  Recapping The Planck Formula File
- File
  
  The Nature of LIght File
- File
  
  Worksheet-Photon Energy File
- File
  
  Worksheet-Using The Planck Formula File
- File
  
  TAP-Quanta File
- File
  
  Antimatter File
- File
  
  Worksheet Matter and Antimatter File
- File
  
  Creation and Annihilation File
- File
  
  Annihilation and Pair Production Bubble Chamber Pictures and Questions File
- File
  
  Review so far File
- File
  
  Particle/antiparticle Pair production File
- File
  
  Experiment -Relating Energy to Frequency (TAP) File
Topic 5
Particle Interactions
- File
  
  Forces and Exchanging Particles File
- ________________________________________________
- File
  
  Worksheet-Baryons File
- ______________________________________________________________
- Quiz
  
  Quiz - Maximum Planck
- Quiz
  
  Quiz-alpha and beta decay
- Quiz
  
  Quiz-Conservation of Lepton Number
- ______________________________________________________________
- File
  
  Building Hadrons with Quarks File
- File
  
  Worksheet Quark Structure File
- File
  
  Summary Homework File
- File
  
  Characteristic Time and Decay Processes File
- URL
  
  Link-Feynman Diagrams URL
- File
  
  Student Activity-Feynman Diagrams File
- File
  
  Cards - Feynman Weak Interaction File
- Quiz
  
  Quiz- Exchange Particles
- Quiz
  
  Interactions Quiz
- Quiz
  
  More Interactions Quiz
- Quiz
  
  Quiz-quarks
- Quiz
  
  Quarks and Antiquarks Quiz
Topic 6
The Classification of Particles
- File
  
  More Leptons File
- File
  
  Worksheet-Lepton Numbers File
- File
  
  Hadron Cards File
- File
  
  Lepton Cards File
- File
  
  Particle Cards Activity File
- File
  
  The particle zoo and quarks File
- File
  
  The Particle Zoo and Baryon Number File
- File
  
  Quarks from Deep Inellastic Scattering File
Topic 7
Quarks and Antiquarks
- File
  
  Quarks Confinement and Beta Decay File
- File
  
  Strangeness Presentation File
- File
  
  The Stranger The Better File
- File
  
  Worksheet-Quarks And Exchange Particles File
- URL
  
  Link-The Quark Family URL
- File
  
  Quark Triangle Cards File
- File
  
  Student Activity-Quark Models File
- File
  
  Strange Quarks File
- Folder
  
  Interim Tests Particle Physics Folder
Topic 8
The Photoelectric Effect
- File
  
  The Metallic Bond File
- File
  
  Worksheet -Introduction to the Photoelectric Effect File
- URL
  
  Link-Photoelectric Effect Java applet URL
- File
  
  The Photoelectric Effect File
- File
  
  TAP 502-2 Questions On The Photoelectric Effect File
- File
  
  Answers to TAP 505-2 Photoelectric worksheet File
- File
  
  Photoelectric Effect Simulator File
- File
  
  Questions on the Photoelectric Effect File
- File
  
  Homework- Past Questions - Photoelectric Effect File
- File
  
  Expt - Photoelectric Effect Lab File
- File
  
  Computer Lab-Excel Task -Photoelectric Effect File
- File
  
  Computer Lab - Excel Data File
- Quiz
  
  Quiz - Introduction to the Photoelectric Effect
- Quiz
  
  Quiz = the photoelectric effect
Topic 9
Collisions of Electrons with Atoms
Topic 10

Highlighted
Energy Level and Photon Emission
- File
  
  How To Explain Line Spectra File
- File
  
  Worksheet-Explaning Line Spectra File
- URL
  
  Link-The Quantum atom URL
- File
  
  Simulation-The Hydrogen Atom Line Spectrum File
- URL
  
  Java Link-Absorption Spectra of the Elements URL
- Quiz
  
  Quiz - Line Spectra
Topic 11
Wave Paricle Duality
- File
  
  Wave Particle Duality File
- File
  
  Worksheet- Wave particle duality File
- Quiz
  
  Quiz -Wave Nature of Particles
Topic 12
Revision of Physics 1
- Try the Java exercise below to see how hadrons (baryons and mesons) are put together from quarks
- URL
  
  Java Applet-Build A Hadron Using Quarks URL
- File
  
  Particle Physics-Revision Questions File
- File
  
  Worksheet-AS module 1 recap questions File
- File
  
  Revision-Particle Interactions File
- File
  
  The Stability of Nuclides File
- Quiz
  
  Up, Down and All Around Quiz
- Quiz
  
  Decay Quiz
- Quiz
  
  revision quiz 1
- Quiz
  
  Quiz-Nuclear Stability
- Quiz
  
  Quiz Revision-Interactions
- Quiz
  
  Revision Quiz 2
Topic 13
Video Links

The first 3 videos are from the "In Search of Giants" series with Brian Cox. Each one lasts about 15 minutes
The quarks video (3.5 mins) has an interview with Murray Gell-Mann
- From "In Search Of Giants"
- URL
  
  The Building Blocks of Matter URL
- URL
  
  The Forces Of Nature URL
- URL
  
  The Hunt for the Higgs URL
- __________________________________
- URL
  
  Quarks with Gell-Mann URL
- ________________________________
  For General Interest:
- URL
  
  Feynman "The Pleasure Of Finding Things Out" URL
- URL
  
  Feynman "The Last Journey Of A Genius" URL
- URL
  
  Feynman On Elementary Particles URL
- URL
  
  Frank Close "Nothing" URL
- URL
  
  BBC -The Big Bang Machine URL
- URL
  
  Gell-Mann "Beauty and Truth In Particle Physics" URL
- URL
  
  Brian Green - What Is Beyond Particle Physics? URL
Topic 14
Electricity
- File
  
  Internal Resistance File
- File
  
  Internal Resistance Questions File
- File
  
  Using An Oscilloscope File
- File
  
  Alternating Current and the Oscilloscope- review File
- File
  
  ISA review File
Topic 15
Recommended Web Sites
- URL
  
  The Particle Adventure URL
- URL
  
  Particles and Feynman Diagrams URL
- URL
  
  Lectures, Games and Videos at Cern URL
Topic 16

Not available
Topic 17

Not available
Topic 18

Not available
Topic 19

Not available
Topic 20

Not available

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
					No events, Friday, 1 November No events, Friday, 1 November	No events, Saturday, 2 November No events, Saturday, 2 November
No events, Sunday, 3 November No events, Sunday, 3 November	No events, Monday, 4 November No events, Monday, 4 November	No events, Tuesday, 5 November No events, Tuesday, 5 November	No events, Wednesday, 6 November No events, Wednesday, 6 November	No events, Thursday, 7 November No events, Thursday, 7 November	No events, Friday, 8 November No events, Friday, 8 November	No events, Saturday, 9 November No events, Saturday, 9 November
No events, Sunday, 10 November No events, Sunday, 10 November	No events, Monday, 11 November No events, Monday, 11 November	No events, Tuesday, 12 November No events, Tuesday, 12 November	No events, Wednesday, 13 November No events, Wednesday, 13 November	No events, Thursday, 14 November No events, Thursday, 14 November	No events, Friday, 15 November No events, Friday, 15 November	No events, Saturday, 16 November No events, Saturday, 16 November
No events, Sunday, 17 November No events, Sunday, 17 November	No events, Monday, 18 November No events, Monday, 18 November	No events, Tuesday, 19 November No events, Tuesday, 19 November	No events, Wednesday, 20 November No events, Wednesday, 20 November	No events, Thursday, 21 November No events, Thursday, 21 November	No events, Friday, 22 November No events, Friday, 22 November	No events, Saturday, 23 November No events, Saturday, 23 November
No events, Sunday, 24 November No events, Sunday, 24 November	No events, Monday, 25 November No events, Monday, 25 November	No events, Tuesday, 26 November No events, Tuesday, 26 November	No events, Wednesday, 27 November No events, Wednesday, 27 November	No events, Thursday, 28 November No events, Thursday, 28 November	No events, Friday, 29 November No events, Friday, 29 November	No events, Saturday, 30 November No events, Saturday, 30 November

November 2024

Topic outline

General

Physics AS Module 1

Particles, Radiation Quantum Phenomena and Electricity

Forum, Specification and Past Papers

Topic 1

(Old Specification Past Exam Papers)

Topic 2

The Existence of Atoms

Topic 3

Stable and unstable nuclei

Topic 4

Particles, Antiparticles and Photons

Topic 5

Particle Interactions

Topic 6

The Classification of Particles

Topic 7

Quarks and Antiquarks

Topic 8

The Photoelectric Effect

Topic 9

Collisions of Electrons with Atoms

Topic 10

Energy Level and Photon Emission

Topic 11

Wave Paricle Duality

Topic 12

Revision of Physics 1

Topic 13

Video Links

Topic 14

Electricity

Topic 15

Recommended Web Sites

Topic 16

Topic 17

Topic 18

Topic 19

Topic 20