OCR Physics A Breadth of Physics (24th May 2016) Discussion

Not all heroes wear capes. Thank you for this thread, physics is my hardesy exam, especially with those spec papers.

I haven't been on this site for a long time, but I was surprised not to see a Breadth of Physics discussion for the OCR A exam. So I thought I'd make one.

Here are some resources I looked at in the past few months:

. http://twyfordphysics.blogspot.co.uk/ ( this has most of the waves notes and electricity notes for the new spec.)
. PhysicsandMathsTutor.com (most people use this and if you haven't already please do!)
. http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=3517229 (OCR A Physics A* resources by @ForgottenApple )

Please add this to the thread : http://www.saintolaves.net/uploads/ckeditor/attachments/999/AS_Revision_Checklist.pdf

OCR Physics will be harder than usual this year looking at the specimen scores in top schools.

What were the scores? 0_0 I scored rather poorly xD

Going to find out soon.

What sort of grade boundaries can we expect for this given that it's a new specification?

I think it all depends on how everyone does which will be assessed after the exams. I'm not a 100% sure on this though.

I thought the specimen papers are always deliberately made a lot harder than the actual exam would be?

That's exactly what my teacher said. We will have to see I guess.

Given its a new spec, hopefully it will be okay.

Also, are diffraction gratings on the new spec as I've been told they're not but may still come up?

How are you all revising for this exam? I've run out of ideas, I don't know how useful the current past papers would be as they're for a different spec, and I've done the specimen papers including the new multiple choice release already. Any ideas what I could go through to help prepare?

The only advice I can give based on the advice I got from a specialist - is make sure you know everything for the exam - the revision list on the thread should help with that. Your definitions, your experiments and etc. Check everything you know off. And practice weak areas via Phys and Maths tutor.

If you look on the specification they are on there, but in the additional guidance section it says that they aren't being assessed until a level. They Also aren't covered in the AS Textbook. It's the same with momentum in 2d