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Best way to self teach A level physics?

Best way to self teach A level physics

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by JibberJam
Best way to self teach A level physics

Not sure if you're after a full course or just resources, but for resources-

For content learning ZPhysics on youtube is very good, as well as Science Shorts (their A level content is better than the gcse content). There are other channels I also use like Physics Online.

For past paper questions-
https://www.physicsandmathstutor.com/ this is the most common website used for ppqs in my experience.
https://umutech.net/ wish I'd found this one sooner, lots of very old questions but lots of new ones too. website looks old but there's good stuff in there.
https://theonlinephysicstutor.com/worksheets.html/ mostly older questions but still very relevant to current specs
Revisely's question bank is also very good for finding questions by topic, without an account and just avoiding all the unnecessary AI stuff.

I'd say if you're looking for the higher grades, don't bother with the CGP textbooks- they're student friendly as always but don't go into anywhere near enough detail. Revise content from the spec instead.

Hope this helps a little, good luck!

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by Haruspe
Not sure if you're after a full course or just resources, but for resources-
For content learning ZPhysics on youtube is very good, as well as Science Shorts (their A level content is better than the gcse content). There are other channels I also use like Physics Online.
For past paper questions-
https://www.physicsandmathstutor.com/ this is the most common website used for ppqs in my experience.
https://umutech.net/ wish I'd found this one sooner, lots of very old questions but lots of new ones too. website looks old but there's good stuff in there.
https://theonlinephysicstutor.com/worksheets.html/ mostly older questions but still very relevant to current specs
Revisely's question bank is also very good for finding questions by topic, without an account and just avoiding all the unnecessary AI stuff.
I'd say if you're looking for the higher grades, don't bother with the CGP textbooks- they're student friendly as always but don't go into anywhere near enough detail. Revise content from the spec instead.
Hope this helps a little, good luck!


Im not in this discussion but this is soo helpful, i struggle with answering questions themselves in physics especially. Thanks!!

Reply 3

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by I. T
Im not in this discussion but this is soo helpful, i struggle with answering questions themselves in physics especially. Thanks!!

You're welcome, good luck! :smile:

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by Haruspe
You're welcome, good luck! :smile:


Thanks! In my opinion, none of the YouTubers go in enough detail

Reply 5

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by JibberJam
Thanks! In my opinion, none of the YouTubers go in enough detail

Yeah, none of them cover 100% of the stuff, but tbh I think they'd struggle to as physics is so application-based.
It's a lot easier to find comprehensive stuff for chemistry!

But that's where a lot of the learning is done through past papers. They're more important than anything else, that's where you get confused and can ask the questions, and then understand it. A lot of the content isn't too difficult to understand, it is when they try to trick you with the questions that it gets confusing.

So make sure to do a mix of content learning (from youtube and notes from physics and maths tutor) and past paper questions.

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