Are these notes for the new Leaving Cert Physics specification?

Yes. All 30 chapters were written for the new specification, not adapted from old-course material.

Leaving Cert Physics Notes (New Specification)

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Notes page showing dispersion of white light by a prism, with a worked example — Diagrams for every key idea

Notes page with worked examples on specific heat capacity — Worked examples, every step shown

Notes page with the experiment to plot the magnetic field of a bar magnet — Experiments written up for the exam

Opening page of the Current in a Magnetic Field chapter with key definitions — Definitions stated the way they're marked

Notes page with ray-tracing rules and ray diagrams for lenses — Ray diagrams drawn properly

Notes page explaining the AC generator with a diagram and output graph — Hard topics made visual

Why these notes

Built to get you marks, not just to read

The new specification changed what's examined. These notes were written for it from scratch, by someone who has sat the exam and scored full marks.

Written for the new specification

All 30 chapters, in course order — not old-course notes with a new cover. Higher Level only material is clearly marked.

Over 300 clear diagrams

Circuits, ray diagrams, field patterns, graphs and apparatus — drawn cleanly and labelled, so you can reproduce them in the exam.

Experiments, exam-formatted

Experiments with equipment, method, results and precautions, set out the way they're expected on paper.

Worked examples, every step

Calculations solved step by step, with the formula, substitution and units shown — the working that earns the marks.

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11 pages, 13 diagrams
Young's slits, diffraction gratings, polarisation and the EM spectrum
Higher Level worked examples and both experiments

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First page of the free sample chapter, The Wave Nature of Light

Page from the sample chapter on Young's slits and the interference pattern

What's covered

Everything the new specification covers

All 30 chapters, grouped the way they build on each other through the course.

Light & opticsChapters 1–3

Reflection · Refraction · Lenses

MechanicsChapters 4–11

Speed & velocity · Acceleration · Vectors & scalars · Force, mass & momentum · Density, pressure & gravity · Work, energy & power · Circular motion · Elasticity & Hooke's law

HeatChapters 12–13

Temperature & thermometers · Heat transfer & temperature change

Waves & soundChapters 14–16

Waves & wave motion · Vibrations & sound · The wave nature of light

ElectricityChapters 17–23

Static electricity · Potential difference · Current & charge · Electromotive force · Resistance · Heating effect · Semiconductors

MagnetismChapters 24–26

Magnets & fields · Current in a magnetic field · Electromagnetic induction

Modern & nuclear physicsChapters 27–30

The electron · The atom & radioactivity · Fission, fusion & nuclear energy · Particle physics

100%Leaving Cert
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Written by a second-year medical student at UCC who scored 100% in Leaving Cert Physics and 625 points overall, and who tutors Physics at Leaving Certificate level.

These notes were built for the new specification — not adapted from old-course material — with the explanations and experiment write-ups examiners actually expect.

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Are these notes for the new specification?

Yes. All 30 chapters were written for the new Leaving Cert Physics specification, not adapted from old-course material.

Do they cover Higher and Ordinary Level?

Yes. Higher Level only material is clearly marked (HL), so Ordinary Level students can see what they can skip.

What format are the notes in?

PDF files that you can read on a phone, tablet or laptop, or print out.

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Leaving Cert Physics notes from a student who got 100%