Publisher's Synopsis
The "Salters Horners Advanced Physics" series provides a course in advanced physics for students and teachers. It places physics into social, industrial, environmental and historical contexts, and covers the A Level specifications in place from September 2000. The materials have been successfully trialled in pilot schools, with the final versions refined following feedback from teachers, students and technicians.;The course offers maths support notes - providing a review of GCSE maths and an introduction to early A Level maths for students with less mathematical ability and higher level maths for the mathematically-minded. There are applications-led illustrations of the social, economic of industrial aspects of physics, for example, designing buildings to withstand earthquakes, to help students understand the relevance of physics in everyday life.;There are two student textbooks, for AS and A2. The teacher and technicians pack has photocopiable materials, with a customizable versions on the CD-ROM. Teachers can access support from OCR and the University of York Science Education Group via e-mail, and join the Salters Horners Advanced Physics e-mail discussion group.
