Step-by-step Edexcel Foundation Physics for Grades 1–5: clear concepts, key equations, core practicals, and exam-style practice.
In this topic, you’ll learn how forces change motion, including speed, velocity, acceleration and graphs. You’ll study work done, energy transfers, power and efficiency, and apply the key equations to exam-style calculations.
You’ll learn wave properties and how to calculate wave speed, frequency and wavelength. You’ll cover reflection, refraction and sound, then explore the electromagnetic spectrum, uses, hazards and Higher-style questions.
You’ll understand atomic structure, isotopes and the types of nuclear radiation. You’ll learn about half-life, contamination vs irradiation, decay equations and safety, with calculations and exam-style explanations.
You’ll study the Solar System, orbits and satellites, and the life cycle of stars. You’ll also learn about red-shift and evidence for the expanding Universe, with clear exam-focused practice.
You’ll learn charge, current, potential difference and resistance, and how circuits behave in series and parallel. You’ll practise circuit calculations, circuit symbols, and interpreting graphs for resistors, lamps and components.
You’ll learn about electric fields, magnetic fields and how forces act at a distance. You’ll cover electromagnets, the motor effect, the generator effect and transformers, with key ideas and exam-style calculations.
You’ll use the particle model to explain solids, liquids and gases, including changes of state and internal energy. You’ll cover density, specific heat capacity and heating calculations, linking theory to exam questions.
