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Physics A Level free online video recommendations?

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squishedout · 03/10/2023 08:34

Hi. My DS is starting A level physics (AQA) and will aim for a top grade because he wants to do engineering. He got 9 for GCSE physics and maths. Unfortunately his A Level physics teacher isn't skilled at explaining topics (English isn't their first language, and although they have an academic physics background, they are new to teaching, and fairly new to the UK and the school). My son is bright, but loses confidence easily. He is capable of looking up past papers and video explanations. However, there are so many videos, and some are obviously going to be better than others. If your physics A level student found a "go to" online video resource that really helped them, please can you pass it on?
(We can't afford a tutor)

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afamilyofsardines · 03/10/2023 12:06

I don't have a recommendation for videos that act as tutorials for specific A-level topics, but the physics students I work with seem to really enjoy the Sixty Symbols channel. https://www.youtube.com/user/sixtysymbols

Those videos are more about research and interesting ideas in physics/astronomy, but they do a good job of showing advanced topics in an accessible way. The presenters are all academics at the University of Nottingham.

However they have selected out a collection that are more directly relevant to the A-level curriculum, so maybe those would be helpful? https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/physics/sixtyideas/index.aspx

Sixty ideas: supporting A-level physics teaching - The University of Nottingham

https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/physics/sixtyideas/index.aspx

JC89 · 03/10/2023 12:10

Try isaacphysics.org - they have a load of tutorials/videos and also practice questions!

squishedout · 03/10/2023 21:12

Thanks all!

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