Aims

The aims describe the purposes of a course based on this syllabus.

You can deliver some of the aims using suitable local, international or historical examples and applications, or

through collaborative experimental work.

The aims are to:

•• provide an enjoyable and worthwhile educational experience for all learners, whether or not they go on to

study science beyond this level

•• enable learners to acquire sufficient knowledge and understanding to:

–– become confident citizens in a technological world and develop an informed interest in scientific matters

–– be suitably prepared for studies beyond Cambridge IGCSE

•• allow learners to recognise that science is evidence based and understand the usefulness, and the limitations, of

scientific method

•• develop skills that:

–– are relevant to the study and practice of physics

–– are useful in everyday life

–– encourage a systematic approach to problem solving

–– encourage efficient and safe practice

–– encourage effective communication through the language of science

•• develop attitudes relevant to physics such as:

–– concern for accuracy and precision

–– objectivity

–– integrity

–– enquiry

–– initiative

–– inventiveness

•• enable learners to appreciate that:

–– science is subject to social, economic, technological, ethical and cultural influences and limitations

–– the applications of science may be both beneficial and detrimental to the individual, the community and the environment.

Candidates study the following topics: 5 section, 50 chapter

1 General physics

2 Thermal physics

3 Properties of waves, including light and sound

4 Electricity and magnetism

5 Atomic physics