The perfect grounding for students intending to take their studies to a more advanced level, "Explaining Physics" contains all the essential concepts required by students studying Physics within any Key Stage 4 science course. "Explaining Physics" emphasizes the applications and social effects of physics, and extends its treatment of energy and electronics. The features are: introductory page to each unit to bring out the relevance of the material to everyday life; simple questions at the end of each unit to consolidate learning; and helpful revision summary.

 

This book is suitable for Key Stage 4. KS4 covers school years 10 and 11, and ages 15-16 years. A key stage is any of the fixed stages into which the national curriculum is divided, each having its own prescribed course of study. At the end of each stage, pupils are required to complete standard assessment tasks.

There are 384 pages in this book. This book was published 1987 by Oxford University Press .

This book has the following chapters: 1. Forces and motion ; 2. Force, work and energy ; 3. Density and pressure ; 4. Molecular motion and heat ; 5. Waves: light and sound ; 6. Electrical energy ; 7. Magnets and currents ; 8. Electrons and atoms