Self Study Physics A-level

Hi all, I plan to self study AQA A-level Physics in the next 10 months approx. Any suggestions for book/online teaching resources would really be appreciated

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Miss_Katiebelle

Hi,

I literally just did this and somehow got an A today so here is my advice. I thought it went terribly because I didn't take enough time but it must be possible although still mulling a resit for next yeah to go for the A* cos I am a perfectionist.

I studied using pretty much textbooks and youtube as I do not have a ton of money to spend. If you have money for a tutor though, use it. Whatever you do, do not get duped into giving uplearn money.
Get all the textbooks for your syllabus that you can. You can pick up cheaper second hand copies pretty easily. Go through the chapters and use all the practice questions. Make notes if it helps. I had a notebook dedicated to equations that was easily the most helpful of all my scribbling.
Youtube has some great content creators who produce hours of content for free and even do lives. Physics online is great and that site is worth the pretty small amount for access to all the content.
Physics with Keith is another really good one.
Sites: savemyexams is good for clear summaries of topics. You get access to 10 before you are supposed to pay but just clear your cache and it resets.

Finally. Do practice papers. All of them. Spend a lot of time seeing what examiners are looking for and the type of questions they set as these are very different to the straightforward textbook questions. Science shorts on youtube has a lot of paper walkthroughs that are extremely helpful.

Good luck. God speed.