CP1b Distance/Time Graphs | Edexcel GCSE Combined Science Physics Topic Mastery Pack

This pack covers Edexcel specification points 2.6, 2.7, 2.11 and 2.12: recalling and using speed = distance ÷ time and distance = average speed × time, analysing distance/time graphs including finding speed from the gradient, laboratory methods for determining speed such as light gates, and typical everyday speeds for walking, running, cycling, transport, wind and sound.

The Topic Mastery Sheet sets out the speed equations with unit conversions and a worked example, gives a table of typical everyday speeds, and uses an original distance/time graph to show how the gradient gives speed. An original light gate diagram and a methods table compare a stop clock, one or two light gates and video analysis. An exam tip comes from the June 2024 Edexcel examiners’ report. A key vocabulary table gives the exact Edexcel terms, and four common errors are corrected. The Grade 8-9 stretch section explains instantaneous and average speed.

The Student Exam Practice Sheet (24 marks) has six questions. They progress from multiple choice and calculation items (with unit conversion and an echo problem) through a distance/time graph question adapted from the June 2024 paper and an Explain item on timing accuracy, to a 6-mark question on methods for measuring speed, marked by levels. Answers are checked against the official June 2024 Edexcel Combined Science 1PH mark scheme and the Pearson CP1 assessment wherever an equivalent item exists.

Project the mastery sheet for a ready-made revision lesson, set the practice sheet as homework or a timed check, or use the pack for intervention and independent study. PDF and editable Word versions are both included. Written for Edexcel GCSE Combined Science (1SC0); points that appear only in the separate GCSE Physics specification are not included.

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