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A-Level 9702 two-year scheme of work

A linear AS-then-A2 sequence mapped to the 9702 syllabus, with practical and mathematical skills built into every topic, taught visual-first and cooperatively. Supplied in formats you can edit, not locked PDFs.

25 topics 2 years (AS + A2) ~320 editable lessons 5-paper structure P3 + P5 practical Word + Excel
The sequence

AS in Year 1, A2 in Year 2

Topics run in syllabus order. AS Level is the first year and stands alone; the full A Level adds the A2 topics in the second year, with AS content deliberately rehearsed inside them rather than re-taught. Every topic names the practical skill (Paper 3 or Paper 5) and maths technique it develops.

Year 1

AS Level

Topics 1 to 11 · Papers 1, 2, 3 · ~160 lessons
  1. Physical quantities and units
  2. Kinematics
  3. Dynamics
  4. Forces, density and pressure
  5. Work, energy and power
  6. Deformation of solids
  7. Waves
  8. Superposition
  9. Electricity
  10. D.C. circuits
  11. Particle physics
Year 2

A2 Level

Topics 12 to 25 · Papers 4, 5 · ~160 lessons
  1. Motion in a circle
  2. Gravitational fields
  3. Temperature
  4. Ideal gases
  5. Thermodynamics
  6. Oscillations
  7. Electric fields
  8. Capacitance
  9. Magnetic fields
  10. Alternating currents
  11. Quantum physics
  12. Nuclear physics
  13. Medical physics
  14. Astronomy and cosmology
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Two editable formats, same content

Take the working grid for filtering and planning, the narrative version for reading and annotating, or both. Each is yours to adapt to your school's calendar, set sizes and ability profile.

Excel · .xlsx

Filterable working grid

Three sheets: a read-me with the active-learning key, the full scheme as one filterable row-per-topic grid (practical and maths columns built in), and an assessment map that totals lessons per year and lays out the five-paper structure.

Editable · live
Download .xlsx
Word · .docx

Readable narrative scheme

The same scheme as a clean, annotatable document: how to use it, the teaching rationale, a time-allocation and assessment-structure table, then every topic broken out with its visual, cooperative structure, practical skill and examiner note.

Editable · live
Download .docx
How it's built

Four commitments behind every topic

01  Visual-first

One core model per topic (a free-body diagram, paired SHM graphs, a field-line plot, a binding-energy curve). The three fields share one picture so they reinforce rather than compete.

02  Cooperative

Named structures with built-in accountability, Jigsaw-IV in particular, plus deliberate compare-and-contrast retrieval across the gravitational, electric and magnetic fields.

03  Examiner-led

Each topic flags the marking trap examiners reward or penalise, so teaching pre-empts the error instead of finding it at the mock.

practical & maths built in, not bolted on

04  Practical-embedded

Every topic names its Paper 3 or Paper 5 skill, so data handling, graphs, uncertainties and log-linearisation are practised all year rather than crammed.

Original structuring and wording throughout. No Cambridge syllabus text, learning outcomes or published scheme-of-work content is reproduced verbatim. Built around the Cambridge guidance of roughly 180 guided-learning hours for AS and 360 for the full A Level; lesson counts are editable suggestions sized to that guidance.