IB Physics

Course Documents: Physics

IB Physics Calendar 2017-2018

HL Physics Point Structure for 2017-2018 Year

IB Exam Dates 2017

AP Exam Dates

 

General Notes of Interest :

LInk to Answers from the IB Book

Who is your our Extended Essay Advisor? 

 

Helpful Tips on how to write papers and labs:

IB Lab Write-up Format:  Your lab must be in this format.

IB’s Official Grading Rubric for – Internal Assessment (IA)

IE Grading Rubric for 2016 and Beyond

Specific help on how to Write up an IA – The Do’s and the Don’ts…

Logger Pro How to find the Maximum and Minimum Slopes of a straight line with error bars

An example IA written by the IB folks

Sample Lab Assessed Student Work – At the bottom left there are samples Student work with comments and annotations.

IB Planning Lab Ideas  – Ideas from IB

 300 ideas for Physics Investigations - but you cannot do any of the “cannon” ones!

IB Test Specifics:

How the IB HL Test is Structured and Graded 2015

 How the IB SL Test is Structured and Graded

IB Physics Syllabus 2016

IB Physics Data Booklet 2016

In Class Group Tests and Keys by Subject

 

Kinematics, Measurement  and Projectile Motion Group Quizzes and Keys

         Unit 1    Topic 1 Measurement, Topic 2 & 6 Circular motion/gravitation and Rigid bodies and rotational dynamics

Measurement Quiz 2
Measurement Quiz 2 Key
Kinematics Quiz 2
Kinematics Quiz 2 Key
Kinematics Quiz 3
Kinematics Quiz 3 Key

Thermal Properties and Thermodynamics Quizzes and Keys

       Unit 2    Topics 3 and 8 as well as portions of Option B – (Thermo, Fluids, Pressure/Volume Graphs)

Thermal Properties Quiz 1 -Calorimetry type problems
Thermal Properties Quiz 1 Key

SHM and Waves Group Quizzes and Keys

          Unit 3   Topics 4 and 9 as well as portions of Option B – (Forced Vibrations and Resonance)

SHM and oscillations quiz 1
SHM and oscillations quiz 1 Key
SHM and oscillations quiz 2
SHM and oscillations quiz 2 Key
 Wave Properties – Doppler effect; diffraction single slit; Resolution; polarization Group Test
Wave Properties – Doppler effect; diffraction single slit; Resolution; polarization Group test key