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Kugelblitz Physics

Your companion for QCAA Senior Physics (2025 Syllabus v1.3).

Course overview

Physics is a General senior syllabus consisting of four QCAA-developed units. Each unit has a notional time of 55 hours of teaching and learning, including assessment.

Unit Title Topics
1 Thermal, Nuclear & Electrical Physics Heating processes · Ionising radiation & nuclear reactions · Electrical circuits
2 Linear Motion & Waves Linear motion & force · Waves
3 Gravity & Electromagnetism Gravity & motion · Electromagnetism
4 Revolutions in Modern Physics Special relativity · Quantum theory · The Standard Model

Units 1 & 2 are completed first. Units 3 & 4 are studied as a pair, beginning in the final weeks of the year and continuing into the following year.

How to use this site

Each unit has two ways to navigate:

Lesson planner — a sequential, lesson-by-lesson view that tracks the progression through the course. Each lesson row links to the relevant topic page and flags whether it is theory, practical, or assessment focused.

Topic pages — reference pages organised by subject. Each page contains theory notes with key formulas, embedded simulations and videos, worked examples, practice problems, and links to external resources.

Assessment structure

Assessment Type Weighting
IA1 — Data test Supervised test 10%
IA2 — Student experiment Individual experiment report 20%
IA3 — Research investigation Individual research report 20%
External exam Combination response (Paper 1 + Paper 2) 50%