Diagrams are some of the easiest marks to pick up in GCSE Physics – and some of the easiest to throw away. A missing arrow, a wrong circuit symbol or an unlabelled axis can cost you, even when you understand the physics perfectly.
The Key Diagrams section collects 100 diagrams from across the AQA GCSE Physics specification that you should be able to draw from memory.
How it works
Each diagram comes with a short set of instructions telling you what to draw. Draw it in your book or on a revision card, then check it against your notes. Not sure what it should look like? Every diagram has a See examples link so you can compare.
By topic
- Energy
- Electricity
- Particle Model
- Atomic Structure
- Forces
- Waves
- Magnetism and Electromagnetism
- Space
A simple routine that works
Pick five diagrams. Draw them from memory with your notes closed. Check them, then fix anything you missed in a different colour. Come back to the same five in a few days and see if the corrections have stuck. Drawing from memory is retrieval practice – far more effective than copying a diagram out neatly.
Ray diagrams catching you out? There’s a dedicated page on drawing ray diagrams for mirrors and lenses.
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