GCSE Physics:
Forces and Motion
(AQA, Edexcel, OCR)

Understanding forces is essential for success in GCSE Physics. This page includes all my free GCSE Forces video lessons, practice questions, and answers to help you master the topic. You’ll find lessons covering the graphs of motion, Newton’s Laws, resultant forces, free-body and vector diagrams, all aligned with the AQA, OCR and Edexcel GCSE and IGCSE Physics specifications. You can also explore related topics like Electricity and Energy

GCSE Video Lessons on Forces and Motion

Watch my free GCSE Physics video lessons on forces below. Each video explains a key concept with examples and exam-style questions.

Practice Questions: GCSE Forces and Motion

Test your understanding with my practice questions that accompany the videos on Forces and Motion. Designed for AQA, OCR and Edexcel GCSE and IGCSE Physics students, these problems will help you apply what you’ve learned.

Answers to the Practice Questions: GCSE Forces and Motion

Check your answers to the GCSE Forces questions here. For each question there is a worked solution.

1. Distance-Time Graphs

How do we use distance-time graphs? How do we find the speed or velocity from the graph? This video will help you answer these questions.

2. Velocity-Time Graphs

How do we interpret velocity-time graphs? How do we find acceleration and the total distance travelled? Watch the video to find out.

3. Vectors and Scalars

What is the difference between a vector and a scalar quantity? What are variables and what is magnitude? This video answers these questions.

4. Calculating Acceleration

How do we calculate acceleration? In this video I explain how to calculate acceleration using the change in velocity and time. We also look at how to calculate the distance travelled.

5. Force and Acceleration

Learn about inertia and Newton's second law of motion. In this video we look at example calculations with resultant force and acceleration.

6. Mass and Weight

Many people get confused by the terms mass and weight. There is an important difference between them. Here I look at the difference between mass and weight and how to calculate weight.

7. Resultant Forces and Balancing forces

How do we find the resultant force? What are balanced and unbalanced forces? In this video we look at Newton's first law of motion.

8. Falling and Terminal Velocity

Questions coming soon.

9. Stopping Distances

Coming 20th November 2025

10. Momentum

What is momentum and how do we calculate it? In this video I explain the conservation of momentum and show example calculations. 

Vectors, Scalars and Forces

This is an additional video on the Forces and Motion topic.

Scalar properties only have a magnitude (a size). Vector properties have magnitude and direction. Forces are vectors and this video explains how to put different force vectors together.

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