100 diagrams from across the AQA GCSE Physics specification that you should be able to draw from memory. Each one has a short set of instructions. Draw them in your book or on revision cards, then check them against your notes.
🔍 Not sure what it should look like? Every diagram has a See examples link that opens a Google Images search (with SafeSearch on) in a new tab. Practical diagrams also have a 📋 link to the required practical page. Pictures online vary – if one disagrees with the written instructions, follow the instructions.
✏️ Rules for a good science diagram
- Use a sharp pencil and a ruler for straight lines.
- Give every diagram a title.
- Make it big – at least half a page.
- Draw label lines with a ruler. They must touch the part they label and must not cross each other.
- Write labels horizontally, outside the diagram.
- Draw apparatus as simple 2D outlines (cross-sections), not 3D pictures. Don’t shade.
- Use arrows to show direction – of forces, rays, current or energy.
- For graphs: label both axes with units, and draw a smooth curve or a ruled straight line.
Key: S only = Separate Physics only | HT = Higher tier only
Choose a topic
- Energy (diagrams 1–11)
- Electricity (12–29)
- Particle model (30–37)
- Atomic structure (38–47)
- Forces (48–66)
- Waves (67–84)
- Magnetism and electromagnetism (85–96)
- Space (97–100, S only)
Want to learn a whole topic step by step? See Teach a Whole Topic.
