Student e-course MYP 4-5
5.4.7 Trapping light
In this inquiry you will explore how total internal reflection (TIR) can occur and how it used in fibre optic communication systems Inquiry questions Conceptual: How can we use our understanding of waves?...
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This section of the site curates activities from the units as 'drop in' resources for you to use and learn from. The pages in this section are all set as 'filtered student access,' so that you can make...
Student e-course MYP 4-5
5.4.9 Waves and communications reflection
Reflect and consolidate your understanding of the ‘waves and communications’ unit with these activities. Use this reflection to consolidate your learning in this unit. Keep these reflections together...
Student e-course MYP 4-5
5.4.6 Refracting on it
In this inquiry you will explore what happens when light is transmitted into different materials. Inquiry questions Conceptual: How can we represent waves and their behaviour? How can we use our understanding...
Student e-course MYP 4-5
5.4.5 Reflecting on it
On this page you will explore what happens when light waves are reflected, and so how mirrors work. Inquiry questions Conceptual: How can we use our understanding of waves? How can we represent waves...
Student e-course MYP 4-5
5.4.3 Sound effects
In this inquiry you will find out about sound waves and how we experience them. Inquiry questions Conceptual: How do we physically experience sound waves? How can we use our understanding of waves?...
Student e-course MYP 4-5
5.4.4 Wave behaviour
In this inquiry you will explore the ways that waves behave when they encounter obstacles of different kinds, such as mirros, gaps and changes of medium. Inquiry questions Conceptual: How do the properties...
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Grab-bag: Can you hear it?
In this activity you will investigate human audible range - over what range of frequencies can we hear sound? Related concepts energy, evidence Guiding questions How do we physically experience sound...
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MYP 5: Using video capture
In this activity you will learn how to use video capture software to gather data on position and time of a moving object (a spring oscillator). Approaches to learning Organisation skills > select and...
Student e-course MYP 4-5
5.2.1 Currents and conductors
On this page you will find out about electric current and how it is measured. You will learn how to draw and to interpret circuit diagrams, and begin to build simple circuits. You will investigate the...