A student reading and working through a problem

IGCSE Physics Core

Your child's own
IGCSE Physics Core tutor

Pioneered by Stanford AI researchers and learning scientists, Aristotle is the world's first voice-based AI tutor. Built for the IGCSE Physics Core syllabus and exams.

Trusted by families at

StuyvesantHunter College HSBronx ScienceBrooklyn TechHorace MannTrinity SchoolCollegiateBrearleyFieldstonHarkerCastillejaMenlo SchoolHead-RoyceLick-WilmerdingLowell HSMission San Jose HS

Fits your child's IGCSE Physics Core class

Aligned to the IGCSE syllabus

IGCSE syllabus

Every IGCSE Physics Core skill maps to a topic in the syllabus, so sessions cover what the exams test.

Your child's school

Share your teacher's syllabus, textbook, or pacing guide and sessions follow your child's actual class.

Your exam goal

Aiming for an A*? Aristotle plans review back from your child's target grade and exam date.

Exam prep

How does Aristotle help with IGCSE Physics Core exam prep?

Aristotle tracks 214 IGCSE Physics Core skills, finds the ones costing your child points, and plans review back from exam day.

Unit-by-unit review

Follows the syllabus, unit by unit.

Exam-style practice

Your child talks it through. Aristotle coaches from the step that went wrong.

Help on demand

Any time before the exam. No booking.

A parent view

See what's mastered and what's left.

Features

All the tools of a great tutor.

Talk things through, work side by side, and come back next time to a tutor who remembers where you left off.

Learn out loud

Ask questions out loud, hear explanations in Aristotle’s voice, and interrupt whenever you need to.

An interactive whiteboard

Aristotle draws steps, diagrams, and images to help you learn visually.

Practice built for you

Get practice problems tailored to the exact topics you’re struggling with.

65 subjects and counting

From middle-school math to AP exams to SAT/ACT prep. We also build custom plans matched to state standards and specific courses.

Review with ease

Revisit session summaries, session whiteboards, and uploads in one place.

Upload your own materials

Aristotle can read and navigate any PDFs and images with the learner. That includes textbooks with hundreds of pages!

Personalized tracking

We break all subjects down into granular skills, then track mistakes and mastery on each one. Parents can see the whole picture at a glance.

A tutor that knows you

Aristotle remembers every session: what you’ve covered, where you got stuck, how you like things explained. It picks up right where you left off.

The curriculum

214 IGCSE Physics Core skills, personalized to your child

Aristotle is designed to always know what to teach at exactly the right time.

Sample curriculum

Not startedIn progressMastered* Click a topic to see the skills inside

* Click a topic to see the skills inside

Motion, Forces and Energy

Thermal Physics

Waves

Electricity and Magnetism

Nuclear Physics

Space Physics

IGCSE Physics Core tutoring curriculum214 skills across 6 units

Motion, Forces and Energy

Topics: Physical Quantities and Measurement Techniques, Motion, Mass and Weight, Density, Effects of Forces, Turning Effect of Forces, Centre of Gravity, Energy, Work, Energy Resources, Power, Pressure.

Thermal Physics

Topics: States of Matter, Particle Model, Gases and the Absolute Scale of Temperature, Thermal Expansion of Solids, Liquids and Gases, Specific Heat Capacity, Melting, Boiling and Evaporation, Conduction, Convection, Radiation, Consequences of Thermal Energy Transfer.

Waves

Topics: General Properties of Waves, Reflection of Light, Refraction of Light, Thin Lenses, Dispersion of Light, Electromagnetic Spectrum, Sound.

Electricity and Magnetism

Topics: Simple Phenomena of Magnetism, Electric Charge, Electric Current, Electromotive Force and Potential Difference, Resistance, Electrical Energy and Electrical Power, Circuit Diagrams and Circuit Components, Series and Parallel Circuits, Action and Use of Circuit Components, Electrical Safety, Electromagnetic Induction, Magnetic Effect of a Current, Force on a Current-Carrying Conductor, The d.c. Motor, The Transformer.

Nuclear Physics

Topics: The Atom, The Nucleus, Detection of Radioactivity, The Three Types of Nuclear Emission, Radioactive Decay, Half-life, Safety Precautions.

Space Physics

Topics: The Earth, The Solar System, The Sun as a Star, Stars, The Universe.

Here’s what families say about Aristotle

My son told me yesterday that we should cancel his human tutor, because Aristotle is doing a better job. The human tutor was $250/hour.

Kim L.

parent of Andy, 13Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Common questions about online IGCSE Physics Core tutoring

A few things you might wonder before getting started.

What does Aristotle's IGCSE Physics Core course cover?

Aristotle's IGCSE Physics Core course tracks 214 skills across 6 units, mapped to the IGCSE syllabus, including Motion, Forces and Energy, Thermal Physics, and Waves. Every skill is linked to the skills it builds on, so the tutor always knows which parts of IGCSE Physics Core your child has mastered and what to teach next.

Does Aristotle follow the IGCSE Physics Core syllabus?

What does a IGCSE Physics Core tutoring session look like?

Does Aristotle follow my child's IGCSE Physics Core class?

Can Aristotle help if my child is struggling with IGCSE Physics Core?

How much does IGCSE Physics Core tutoring with Aristotle cost?

How is Aristotle different from ChatGPT for IGCSE Physics Core help?

Can parents see how the tutoring is going?

A learner having an idea, surrounded by maps and equations

This could be you

A little help. A lot to learn.

For homework, supporting your child, or anything you’ve always wanted to know more about, Aristotle makes it easy for anyone to learn out loud.