Cambridge IGCSE Physics 3rd Edition

New editions for examination from 2023. We are working towards endorsement by Cambridge Assessment International Education, so you can be confident this series supports the syllabus.These flexible resources have a skills development focus to help prepare the scientists of the future. Choose which components you need from our comprehensive series, comprising a coursebook, teacher's resource, workbook, practical workbook, and English language skills workbook and maths skills workbook (coming in 2022).Through extensive research, including lesson observations, teacher interviews and work with our online research community (the Cambridge Panel) these resources have been designed to meet specific challenges through targeted support and the creation of dedicated components that focus on specific skills areas. The series supports students learning science in English as a second language; learners who need more support with mathematical content in science; the development of essential practical skills; and the building of confidence with command terms and exam-style questions.

This print and digital coursebook has been developed from extensive research through lesson observations, interviews and work with our research community (the Cambridge Panel) to meet specific needs. Activities and questions develop students’ essential skills, including practical work. English as a second language learners are supported with command terms, accessible language and glossary definitions. Exam-style questions build student confidence. Projects provide opportunities for assessment for learning, cross-curricular learning and developing skills for life. There are multiple opportunities to engage in active learning, from scripting a podcast, to discussions and debates. In each chapter students are given the chance to reflect on their work, helping them become responsible, independent learners, thinking not just ‘what’ they did well or not well, but ‘why’ and ‘how’ they came up with the answer they did, and how they might improve this in future. Regular self-assessment and peer-assessment features give students the opportunity to assess their own work or the work of their peers in relation to the learning intentions and learn from one another.

Features

• Endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education for full syllabus coverage
• Develops student scientific enquiry skills such as making predictions, recording observations, handling data, interpreting data and evaluating methods through the ‘Experimental skills’ feature
• Project feature at the end of each chapter supports assessment for learning, cross-curricular learning, skills for life and differentiation
• End of chapter exam-style questions build student confidence
• Answers to all in-chapter and exam-style questions and activities are freely available to teachers on the 'supporting resources' area of the Cambridge GO platform
• ‘Experimental Skills’ feature gives students hands on experience and builds student understanding so they can put theory into a practical context
• Features such as ‘Getting Started’, summaries and reflection boxes provide opportunities for students to practise their reflection skills
• ‘Science in Context’ features with open-ended discussion questions enable students to practise their English skills, interpret ideas in a real-world context, and debate concepts with other learners
• Opportunities for learners to engage in active learning range from tasks such as scripting a podcast or voiceover for a video, to creative work such as a comic strip poster or oral work such as a debate or speech!
• Activities build in complexity to support students’ learning journeys, and worked examples help them whenever they need to use an equation. All our resources are written in accessible language with features to support our English as a second language learners.

CONTENTS

How to use this series

How to use this book

Introduction

1. Making measurements
2. Describing motion
3. Forces and motion
4. Turning effects
5. Forces and matter
6. Energy changes and transfers
7. Energy resources
8. Work and power
9. The kinetic model of matter
10. Thermal properties of matter
11. Thermal energy transfers
12. Sound
13. Light
14. Properties of waves
15. The electromagnetic spectrum
16. Magnetism
17. Static electricity
18. Electrical quantities
19. Electrical circuits
20. Electromagnetic forces
21. Electromagnetic induction
22. The nuclear atom
23. Radioactivity
24. Earth and the Solar System
25. Stars and the Universe