Unit 7 Physics Prescribed Practicals P1-P6
Ramp speed, spring extension, moments, personal power, light refraction and voltage-current characteristics.
How to study for CCEA GCSE Double Award Science
Build each scientific explanation from a model or relationship, show quantitative working, and connect every practical claim to controlled evidence and evaluation.
Core concepts
Concept 1
The six Physics practicals test mathematical relationships through controlled measurement, graphs and comparison with a model.
Exam cue: Identify the scientific model, relationship or practical evidence required by the command word.
Concept 2
Instrument resolution, zero checks, repeated readings and unit conversion directly affect calculated and graphical evidence.
Exam cue: Write the governing relationship, identify measured quantities and graph axes, then use gradient or proportionality correctly.
Concept 3
Physics Booklet A uses one current pre-release task based on but not identical to the prescribed set.
Exam cue: Use the current CCEA specification formatting and entered tier to decide whether Higher-only detail applies.
Risk pitfalls and guardrails
Forcing a graph through the origin or claiming agreement with a law without considering scatter and uncertainty.
Guardrail: Do not import another board or science route, omit units from a calculation, or make a scientific claim beyond the stated evidence.
Giving a remembered fact without connecting it to the stated data, observation or scenario.
Guardrail: Do not import another board or science route, omit units from a calculation, or make a scientific claim beyond the stated evidence.
Importing content or paper structure from a separate-science or non-CCEA specification.
Guardrail: Do not import another board or science route, omit units from a calculation, or make a scientific claim beyond the stated evidence.
Memory anchors
P1 Ramp speed
Investigate how runway slope affects average speed.
P2 Spring extension
Investigate force and extension up to the proportional limit.
P3 Moments
Verify the principle of moments using a balanced rule or beam.
P4 Personal power
Calculate power from work against gravity and time.
P5 Refraction
Measure and graph incidence and refraction angles.
P6 V-I characteristic
Measure voltage and current for a metal wire at constant temperature.
Checkpoint rule
Do the check-up only after you can summarize each concept in one sentence and identify one dangerous pitfall from memory.
Knowledge Check (after reading)
Short check-up to confirm understanding of this module.
Check-up Questions
A trolley travels 1.20 m down a ramp in 0.80 s. What is its average speed?
Which variable should be changed to investigate how ramp slope affects trolley speed?
Answer all questions to submit.
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