Cambridge IGCSE
International 🌍FoundationsCambridge IGCSE — tiered Core and Extended practice for eleven subjects, from Mathematics 0580 to Computer Science 0478.
📏 IGCSE subjects are tiered: Core candidates sit the shorter objective and structured papers for grades C to G, Extended candidates sit the same papers at a harder tier plus the Supplement, for A* to E. Typical weightings are 30-40% for the objective paper, 50-60% for the structured/theory paper and 20% for the practical or alternative-to-practical paper; syllabus codes and windows are printed on the question papers.
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Beginner skill
Measurement and units, density, forces and momentum, moments and pressure, work, energy and power — the quantities, the one formula each, and the standard explanations.
Physics — Core
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SUVAT and motion graphs, circular motion, the gas laws and specific heat, wave behaviour and the spectrum, series-parallel circuits and power, transformers, fields, and the nuclear arithmetic of half-life.
Physics — Extended
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- Measurements — length, volume, time, mass and weight, and the accuracy and resolution of measuring instrumentsIGCSE Physics — Core: Measure It, Substitute It, Explain It →
- Motion — speed, velocity, acceleration, displacement-time and velocity-time graphs, and free fallIGCSE Physics — Core: Measure It, Substitute It, Explain It →
- Forces and equilibrium — mass and weight, Hooke's law, turning effects and the conditions for equilibriumIGCSE Physics — Core: Measure It, Substitute It, Explain It →
- Momentum, energy and work — conservation of momentum, energy stores and transfers, work done and powerIGCSE Physics — Core: Measure It, Substitute It, Explain It →
- Deformation of solids and pressure — elastic and plastic behaviour, and pressure in liquids and gasesIGCSE Physics — Core: Measure It, Substitute It, Explain It →
- Thermal physics — the kinetic model, temperature and thermal equilibrium, specific heat capacity and latent heat, and the gas laws qualitativelyIGCSE Physics — Core: Measure It, Substitute It, Explain It →
- Light — rectilinear propagation, reflection, refraction, dispersion and the colour of objectsIGCSE Physics — Core: Measure It, Substitute It, Explain It →
- Sound and waves — wave properties, the audible range, echo, and ultrasoundIGCSE Physics — Core: Measure It, Substitute It, Explain It →
- Electricity and magnetism — current, voltage and resistance, series and parallel circuits, Ohm's law, the mains electricity supply and magnetismIGCSE Physics — Core: Measure It, Substitute It, Explain It →
- Radioactivity and atomic structure — alpha, beta and gamma radiation, half-life, fission and fusion, and nuclear hazardsIGCSE Physics — Core: Measure It, Substitute It, Explain It →
- Kinematic equations and graphical analysis for uniformly accelerated motionIGCSE Physics — Extended: Derivation, Waves, Circuits and Fields →
- Quantitative problems on momentum, impulse, and the work-energy and power relationshipsIGCSE Physics — Extended: Derivation, Waves, Circuits and Fields →
- Specific heat capacity and latent heat calculations, and the ideal gas equation in proportional formIGCSE Physics — Extended: Derivation, Waves, Circuits and Fields →
- Ohm's law and electrical power in circuit calculations, including combined series-parallel networks and efficiencyIGCSE Physics — Extended: Derivation, Waves, Circuits and Fields →
- Electromagnetic effects — the magnetic effect of a current, electromagnetic induction and the transformer equationIGCSE Physics — Extended: Derivation, Waves, Circuits and Fields →
- Refraction in depth — refractive index, critical angle and total internal reflectionIGCSE Physics — Extended: Derivation, Waves, Circuits and Fields →
- Circular motion, centrifugal tendencies and the physics of satellites and orbitsIGCSE Physics — Extended: Derivation, Waves, Circuits and Fields →
- Semiconductors, logic elements and the use of cathode-ray oscilloscopesIGCSE Physics — Extended: Derivation, Waves, Circuits and Fields →