IGCSE Physics

1- Why choose Cambridge IGCSE Physics?

Cambridge IGCSE Physics is accepted by universities and employers as proof of knowledge and understanding of physics. Below are some of the lifelong skills gained in successfully completing this subject:

• Confidence in a technological world, with an informed interest in scientific matters
• An understanding of the usefulness (and limitations) of scientific method, and its application in other subjects and in everyday life
• A concern for accuracy and precision
• An understanding of the importance of safe practice
• An excellent foundation for advanced study in pure sciences, in applied science or in science-dependent vocational courses

2- Summary of Aims:

Some of the aims of the syllabus are:

• To provide a worthwhile educational experience for all candidates, through well designed studies of experimental and practical science, whether or not they go on to study science beyond this level
• To enable candidates to acquire sufficient understanding and knowledge to:
  • recognise the usefulness, and limitations, of scientific method and to appreciate its applicability in other disciplines and in everyday life
  • be suitably prepared for studies beyond IGCSE in pure sciences, in applied sciences or in science- dependent vocational courses
• To develop abilities and skills that:
  • are relevant to the study and practice of physics
  • encourage safe practice
• To develop attitudes relevant to physics such as:
  • concern for accuracy and precision
  • objectivity, integrity, enquiry, initiative and inventiveness
• To stimulate interest in, and care for, the environment
• To promote an awareness that:
  • science transcends national boundaries and that the language of science, correctly and rigorously applied, is universal

3- Assessment and Exam Format:

All candidates must enter for three papers: Paper 1; one from either Paper 2 or Paper 3; and one from Papers 4, 5 or 6.

• Candidates who have only studied the Core curriculum, or who are expected to achieve a grade D or below, should normally be entered for Paper 2.
• Candidates who have studied the Extended curriculum, and who are expected to achieve a grade C or above, should be entered for Paper 3.