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GCSE physics - good textbook needed

Posted: Thu Oct 03, 2013 7:51 pm
by supermummy
Hi

DC is doing GCSE physics (single science) and struggling to find a decent textbook or resource to use. Any suggestions welcomed. Also happy to buy 2nd hand books if they are clogging up room!

Thanks
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Re: GCSE physics - good textbook needed

Posted: Thu Oct 03, 2013 7:57 pm
by Thingsbehindthesun
Do you know what exam board is your child doing?

CGP have a good range of revision guides you could look at online.

Re: GCSE physics - good textbook needed

Posted: Thu Oct 03, 2013 8:02 pm
by Guest55
We found a lot of good stuff online - try the TES website as anyone can subscribe.

Also some school websites have excellent revision booklets.

Re: GCSE physics - good textbook needed

Posted: Thu Oct 03, 2013 8:38 pm
by supermummy
Thanks - board is AQA. Not too keen on CGP books in general but will certainly give the online resources a try!

Re: GCSE physics - good textbook needed

Posted: Thu Oct 03, 2013 9:01 pm
by copella
Agree with G55 TES website is great lots of info to download and it's FREE :D also take a look at mygcsescience it's a great website goes through all the spec for science and talks you through everything. My DS needs something visual and it really helped him. He's even thinking of physics A level!

Re: GCSE physics - good textbook needed

Posted: Fri Oct 04, 2013 3:26 am
by sherry_d
You can try this

http://gradegorilla.com/UKschools.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Re: GCSE physics - good textbook needed

Posted: Fri Oct 04, 2013 9:01 am
by Bobmumof3
I would go for the AQA text book in that case as it is written specifically for the exam. Hence language will as needed for the written exam. Also there is a how science works section to help prepare for those questions.
Also the ISA has a section too.

Re: GCSE physics - good textbook needed

Posted: Fri Oct 04, 2013 12:12 pm
by KB
Do make sure to use AQA specific support of whatever kind as one might imagine that Physics is Physics but the boards have different expectations of how questions are answered, so the same question on exam papers by different boards could have totally different model answers!

( Scientist DCs say this is because it is all simplified so much at GCSE and different boards dumb down in different ways - then they had to learn the real science later on :)

Re: GCSE physics - good textbook needed

Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2013 11:21 am
by supermummy
Thanks for all of your useful suggestions. Amazon order made although one day delivery failed to turn up at the weekend :evil:

Certainly agree with KB's points as it does not seem to come down to a lack of understanding but needing to phrase things in a specific way for the marks :roll: .

Re: GCSE physics - good textbook needed

Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2013 11:28 am
by ToadMum
Please excuse my curiosity :) , but doesn't the school provide the relevant textbook?