Derby Physics Tuition

19/11/2024

If your child requires any support for the upcoming mock examinations in A Level Physics, GCSE Physicsor GCSE Maths please do send me a DM.

10/08/2023

If your child will be commencing study of A Level Physics in September 2023, here is a link for some transition questions. The pdf contains questions covering a selection of topics at a level 9 GCSE standard.

Send your solutions back to us and we will mark them free of charge.

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28/02/2023

I will be running a series of online masterclasses over the Easter holidays for GCSE Physics and Mathematics. Each masterclass will last for one hour and focus on one area.

The full timetable will be published in the next 2 weeks and the cost is £10 per student.

All classes will be over Zoom.

31/01/2023

Unfortunately, I have no further capacity for tuition in the evenings. If you wish to join the waiting list for evening tuition from May 2023 then please do contact me.

If you are an A Level student and are able to attend online or face to face lessons from 9am to 3pm there is still some availability on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday.

22/01/2023

Some of you may be using ChatGPT to help you with homework or past paper questions. I have spent some time inputting questions and am surprised how many it got wrong!

I have no doubt this AI will improve as it learns at an incredible rate but this is just a warning to not trust it's responses implicitly at this stage.

10/01/2023

These are the good habits of students who are successful in physics:

They clearly show every step in calculations.
They provide clear and well structured written answers.
They have a sound grasp of the basic knowledge and can apply it in unfamiliar contexts.

The above is worth considering if you are preparing for mock exams this month.

23/12/2022

I have been working with a student to support her revision of the A Level Physics Thermal Physics topic. Here Is one of the questions we worked through:

An interesting question from OCR, testing your understanding of the thermal physics topic.

22/12/2022

This is one of the most famous images in photographic history.

The first ever X-ray image was taken on this day in 1895 by Wilhelm Röntgen, awarded the first Nobel Prize in Physics, 1901.

The image of his wife Bertha's hand (wedding ring clearly visible) propelled Röntgen into an international celebrity. The medical implications were immediately realised. Röntgen named the discovery X-radiation, or X-rays, after the mathematical term 'X' which denotes something unknown.

Read the story 'A Helping Hand from the Media' at: https://bit.ly/2S3TlUS

18/12/2022

A number of students in year 13 want to do more work on practical skills questions.

Here is a great question that covers a lot of important terms and techniques:

This question covers a number of important terms and techniques so will be be helpful for your revision in this area.

16/12/2022

I worked through this question on terminal velocity with one of my students and here is a video of the solution. We are finding that students are finding these follow-up videos useful for consolidating learning.

Here is the link to the video:

This video looks at how to explain why objects reach a terminal velocity when a parachute is opened. The use of free-body diagrams are essential in ensuring...

05/12/2022

Some significant news for students entered for GCSE Physics. Students will NOT need to memorise formulae for the exams. They will be given a formula sheet with all formulae on. More detail on the decision here:

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11/11/2022

Derivation of the kinetic theory equation is part of the AQA A Level Physics specification.

Here is a video showing the full derivation which was requested by several students:

The AQA 7408 specification requires students to be able to derive this equation. The video shows the full proof.