Learning
Grab-bag: Bridges under load
In this activity, you will use a simulator to explore the forces on different bridge designs as load is increased or redistributed. Related concepts Form, function Guiding questions How can we use force...
Assessment
A Artillery shells and tissue paper ATTL
This is the task-adapted rubric and marking notes for the criterion A 'Artillery shells and tissue paper' activity Critical-thinking skills > Interpret data Students have to interpret observations from...
Learning
5.5xA Atoms and nuclei
In this section you can find all the activities from the Atoms and Nuclei unit referring to criterion A: Knowing and Understanding. How did experimental evidence lead to different models of the atom?...
Learning
A Artillery shells and tissue paper
In this activity, you will explore how the Geiger-Marsden alpha-particle scattering experiment provided surprising evidence of an atomic nucleus... and that the rest of the atom was mostly empty space!...
Blog
Post-glacial Switzerland? Free
Physics in the news… unfortunately. This last week, the Swiss climate science organisation Glacier Watch Switzerland published a report in which it showed that glaciers in Switzerland have lost 5.5% of...
Student e-course MYP 4-5
4.2.7 Strong and stable
On this page you will explore further how forces can be controlled and managed to make strong, stable structures. Inquiry questions Conceptual: How do forces combine? How can we use force and form to...
Learning
Grab-bag: Being an architect
How can we use force and form to make strong and stable structures? How can we build structures sustainably? In this activity you will explore how architects make the buildings of their imagination work...
Teaching
4.2 Structures and materials
In this unit, students explore the physical properties of materials and structures. They learn about scalars, vectors, resolving and combining vector quantities, density, pressure in solids and liquids,...
Learning
A Modelling the atom
How did experimental evidence lead to different models of the atom? In this activity you will evaluate evidence and connect to different atomic models that have been proposed over time. Â Criterion A:...
Assessment
A Modelling the atom ATTL
This page has the marking rubric and answers for the criterion A: modelling the atom activity. Approaches to learning Information literacy skills > Make connections between various sources of information...