Astronomy revision for Waldegrave School students
Waldegrave School uses Edexcel for GCSE Astronomy, so every topic and module here is from the specification you will be examined on.
Matched to Edexcel GCSE Astronomy (1AS0). Confirmed by students at this school.
What the specification covers
The top-level topics of 1AS0, straight from the exam board's published specification.
Topic 1: Planet Earth (Paper 1)
Topic 2: The lunar disc (Paper 1)
Topic 3: The Earth-Moon-Sun system (Paper 1)
Topic 4: Time and the Earth-Moon-Sun cycles (Paper 1)
Topic 5: Solar System observation (Paper 1)
Topic 6: Celestial observation (Paper 1)
Topic 7: Early models of the Solar System (Paper 1)
Topic 8: Planetary motion and gravity (Paper 1)
Topic 9: Exploring the Moon (Paper 2)
Topic 10: Solar astronomy (Paper 2)
Topic 11: Exploring the Solar System (Paper 2)
Topic 12: Formation of planetary systems (Paper 2)
Topic 13: Exploring starlight (Paper 2)
Topic 14: Stellar evolution (Paper 2)
Topic 15: Our place in the Galaxy (Paper 2)
Topic 16: Cosmology (Paper 2)
Revision modules, quickest first
The Lunar Disc: Features, Rotation and Libration
15 min
Observing Across the Electromagnetic Spectrum
16 min
Redshift, Hubble's Law and the Expanding Universe
16 min
Sizes and Distances: The Earth-Moon-Sun System
16 min
The Big Bang, Dark Matter and Dark Energy
16 min
Bodies of the Solar System: Planets, Comets and the Kuiper Belt
17 min
Observing the Sun and Planets
17 min
Telescopes and Space Probes
17 min
Astronomical Time: Sidereal, Solar and the Equation of Time
18 min
Eclipses, Tides and Precession
18 min
Exploring the Moon: Structure and Origin
18 min
Finding Longitude: Shadows, Sundials and Chronometers
18 min
Past papers
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