If you teach AQA GCSE Physics or Combined Science, or you’re revising for the exams yourself, these printable PDF booklets from The Physics Question Bank could save you hours. Here are five things worth knowing.
1. There are three booklets, each with a clear job
The Equations Workbook (£12) covers calculations. The Physics Focus Questions (£12) cover the whole separate Physics course. The Trilogy Focus Questions (£14.99) cover Biology, Chemistry and Physics for Combined Science students.
2. The Equations Workbook tackles the three ways students lose calculation marks
Forgetting the equation, failing to rearrange it and missing unit conversions. All 35 AQA equations get their own section, with 109 worked examples using the FIFA method (Formula, Insert, Fine tune, Answer) and 237 practice questions graded Foundation, Standard and Stretch. There’s also a slimmed-down 37-page core version that’s handy for cover lessons and homework.
3. The Focus Questions turn the specification into something you can actually revise from
Every learning point in the spec is rewritten as a question, with the answer directly underneath, in spec order. Cover the answer, have a go, then check. The Physics set has 682 questions across 8 booklets, and the Trilogy set has 1,126 across 24.
4. Required practicals and six-mark questions are built in
Both Focus Question sets include every required practical with method, results and improvements, plus six-mark practice questions with mark schemes. Exam tips throughout flag the mistakes that really cost marks, and Higher Tier content is tagged so Foundation students know what to skip.
5. Buy once, print for your whole class
It’s an instant download via Payhip, it prints cleanly in black and white on a school photocopier, and one purchase covers unlimited printing for your own students.
Which one should you choose?
Use the Equations Workbook to build the maths and the Focus Questions to build the knowledge. They work best together. Taking Combined Science? Go straight for the Trilogy set. Browse all three at thephysicsquestionbank.com/shop.