Scheme of work — Year 2

DP G12 Physics — Weekly Plan

Set 26 – June 27. Teaching Monday–Thursday: Mon, Tue, Wed = SL core (whole class), Thu = HL extension. Already covered in Year 1: A.1–A.4, all of Unit B, C.2 and E.2. This year opens on C.1 and finishes Unit C by the October half term, then runs D and E to the Easter break.

PRAC practical / IA skillASSESSMENT summative or topic testFEEDBACK returns + reflection logitalic gold = reflection focus
MonthWkMTWThFSSuUnitSL / HL (Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu)
SepW1T1 Staff inset23456C.1 Simple Harmonic MotionShort week — Wed and Thu only.
  1. SLConditions for SHM; the defining equation
  2. HLC.1 HL — SHM equations with phase angle
W278910111213C.1 Simple Harmonic Motion
  1. SLGraphs of displacement, velocity and acceleration
  2. SLEnergy in simple harmonic motion
  3. SLASSESSMENT C.1
  4. HLC.1 HL — energy equations and standard derivations
W314151617181920C.1 → C.3
  1. SLFEEDBACK C.1 + reflection log
  2. SLReflection and refraction of waves
  3. SLSnell’s law and refractive index
  4. HLA.5 Reference frames and Galilean relativity
W421222324252627C.3 Wave Phenomena
  1. SLTotal internal reflection and the critical angle
  2. SLPRAC 1 — refractive index of a glass block
  3. SLDiffraction and the single slit
  4. HLA.5 Postulates of special relativity; time dilation
OctW5282930Oct 12 staff inset34C.3 Wave PhenomenaReflection: can I predict the pattern from path difference before reaching for algebra?
  1. SLSuperposition and two-source interference
  2. SLDouble-slit interference and path difference
  3. SLASSESSMENT C.3
  4. HLA.5 Length contraction and Lorentz transformations
W6Oct 567891011C.3 → C.4
  1. SLFEEDBACK C.3 + reflection log
  2. SLFormation of standing waves; nodes and antinodes
  3. SLStanding waves on strings and harmonics
  4. HLA.5 Simultaneity and spacetime diagrams
W712131415161718C.4 Standing Waves & Resonance
  1. SLStanding waves in open and closed pipes + PRAC 2 resonance in an air column
  2. SLASSESSMENT C.4
  3. SLFEEDBACK C.4 + reflection log
  4. HLASSESSMENT A.5 + C.1 HL (HL)
W819202122232425C.5 Doppler EffectAll Unit C content complete by the October half term.
  1. SLThe Doppler effect for sound
  2. SLDoppler shift for light and cosmological redshift
  3. SLASSESSMENT C.5
  4. HLFEEDBACK A.5 + HL reflection
262728293031Nov 1HALF TERM
NovW92345678RevisionReflection: build the revision plan from the topic-test error log, not from the syllabus order.

FEEDBACK C.5 Monday, then REVISION WEEK 1 — Unit A and Unit B: past-paper drills, data-booklet fluency, command terms. HL sessions on Thursday cover A.4 and B.4.

W109101112131415Revision

REVISION WEEK 2 — Unit C and E.2, plus Paper 3 data-analysis and practical-skills technique. Thursday covers A.5 and the HL extensions.

W1116171819202122Trial Examinations

TRIAL EXAMINATIONS — week 1. Papers sat under full exam conditions; all four periods used as exam or supervised study.

W1223242526272829Trial Examinations

TRIAL EXAMINATIONS — week 2. Remaining papers including Paper 3; marking window.

DecW1330Dec 123456Feedback & ReflectionReflection: turn the trial scripts into a ranked list of five weaknesses with a fix for each.

TRIAL EXAM FEEDBACK & REFLECTION — scripts returned and worked through paper by paper; markscheme and command-term analysis; individual reflection log and one-to-one target setting.

W1478910111213D.1 Gravitational Fields
  1. SLNewton’s law of universal gravitation
  2. SLGravitational field strength
  3. SLField lines and the shell theorem
  4. HLD.4 Magnetic flux and flux linkage
W151415T117 Staff Inset181920D.1 Gravitational FieldsShort week — Term I ends Wed 16 Dec.
  1. SLPRAC 3 — inverse-square law investigation
  2. SLGravitational potential and potential energy
  3. SL— term ends —
  4. HL— no HL lesson —
21222324252627CHRISTMAS BREAK
28293031Jan 123CHRISTMAS BREAK
JanW1T25678910D.1 Gravitational Fields
  1. SLOrbital motion, orbital speed and escape speed
  2. SLASSESSMENT D.1
  3. SLFEEDBACK D.1 + reflection log
  4. HLD.4 Faraday’s law of induction
W211121314151617D.2 Electric & Magnetic Fields
  1. SLCoulomb’s law and electric charge
  2. SLElectric field strength and field patterns
  3. SLElectric potential and potential energy
  4. HLD.4 Lenz’s law and conservation of energy
W318192021222324D.2 Electric & Magnetic Fields
  1. SLMagnetic fields and field lines
  2. SLMagnetic force on a current-carrying conductor
  3. SLPRAC 4 — magnetic force on a conductor (current balance)
  4. HLD.4 The AC generator and emf in a rotating coil
W425262728293031D.2 Electric & Magnetic FieldsReflection: do I keep field strength and potential genuinely distinct, or blur them under pressure?
  1. SLForce on a moving charge
  2. SLASSESSMENT D.2
  3. SLFEEDBACK D.2 + reflection log
  4. HLD.4 rms values of current and voltage
FebW5F1234567D.3 Motion in EM Fields
  1. SLCharged particles in a uniform electric field
  2. SLCharged particles in a magnetic field — circular paths
  3. SLVelocity selectors and the mass spectrometer
  4. HLD.4 Transformers and power transmission
891011121314HALF TERM
W615161718192021D.3 Motion in EM Fields
  1. SLForces between parallel current-carrying conductors
  2. SLASSESSMENT D.3
  3. SLFEEDBACK D.3 + reflection log
  4. HLD.4 Rectification and smoothing
W722232425262728E.1 Structure of the Atom
  1. SLRutherford scattering, nuclear structure and nuclide notation
  2. SLAtomic spectra and energy levels
  3. SLRadioactive decay: α, β, γ and decay equations
  4. HLASSESSMENT D.4 (HL)
MarW81234567E.3 Radioactive Decay
  1. SLHalf-life and the decay law
  2. SLPRAC 5 — modelling half-life
  3. SLASSESSMENT E.1 + E.3
  4. HLFEEDBACK D.4 + HL reflection
W9891011121314E.4 Fission
  1. SLFEEDBACK E.1 + E.3 + reflection log
  2. SLMass defect and binding energy per nucleon
  3. SLNuclear fission and reactors
  4. HLE.3 HL — the exponential decay law and activity
W1015161718T22021E.5 Fusion & StarsReflection: full syllabus audit — what is left to close before the final examinations?
  1. SLNuclear fusion and stellar nucleosynthesis
  2. SLASSESSMENT E.4 + E.5
  3. SLFEEDBACK + end-of-course reflection log
  4. HLE.3 HL — decay constant workshop and HL consolidation
22232425262728EASTER BREAK
293031Apr 1234EASTER BREAK
AprW15 Staff insetT37891011Final Exam RevisionReflection: one week only — spend it on the ranked weakness list, not on rereading notes.

END OF YEAR EXAM REVISION — one week, all four periods. Whole-paper timing practice, Paper 3 technique, data booklet and formula fluency, and individual clinics on the weaknesses logged after the trials.

W212131415161718Examinations

Study leave — no timetabled lessons. Candidates sit the final examinations.

Shape of the year: Unit C completed by the October half term (W1–W8) · two revision weeks (W9–W10) · trial examinations 16–26 Nov (W11–W12) · feedback and reflection (W13) · Unit D and Unit E from W14 to the Easter break · one revision week after Easter, then study leave. * Detailed arrangements are subject to future school notices.

Term I

Summative Assessment 1
Unit C topic tests — C.1 (9 Sep), C.3 (30 Sep), C.4 (13 Oct), C.5 (21 Oct); HL A.5 + C.1 HL (15 Oct).
Summative Assessment 2
Trial Examinations — 16–26 Nov, full paper set under exam conditions.
Reflection
Trial scripts converted into a ranked list of five weaknesses, each with a stated fix and a date to review it.
Score

Term II

Summative Assessment 1
D.1 Gravitational Fields (5 Jan) + D.2 Electric & Magnetic Fields (26 Jan); HL D.4 (25 Feb).
Summative Assessment 2
D.3 (16 Feb), E.1 + E.3 (3 Mar), E.4 + E.5 (16 Mar) — final internal assessments of the course.
Reflection
Full syllabus audit against the assessment statements; what remains open going into the final examinations.
Score

Term III

Summative Assessment 1
Final examinations (May session). No internal summatives.
Summative Assessment 2
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Reflection
One revision week after Easter (6–9 Apr), directed by each student's ranked weakness list, then study leave.
Score