Student e-course MYP 4-5
4.1.5 Unit reflection
Use this reflection to consolidate your learning in this unit. Keep these reflections together in a portfolio or file in your online notes, so that you can use them to review and revise. Our unit statement...
Student e-course MYP 4-5
4.2.9 Unit reflection
Use this reflection to consolidate your learning in this unit. Keep these reflections together in a portfolio or file in your online notes, so that you can use them to review and revise. Our unit statement...
Student e-course MYP 4-5
4.0.5 Inspiring Physicists Free
Physics as a science has been around for (arguably) 400 years, and physicists have come from all cultures, backgrounds and ethnicities. But they have all shared the same characteristics: insatiable curiosity,...
Teaching
Teaching
Look here for subject overviews and unit plans to teach your MYP Physics course. Teaching notes The template for the unit planners is shown below, with some explanatory comments on each section. I have...
Student e-course MYP 4-5
4.4.5 Gaining momentum
Challenge and extend On this page you will extend your understanding of Newton's laws through exploring in depth the concepts of impulse, inertia and momentum. Inquiry questions Disciplinary concepts...
Student e-course MYP 4-5
4.4.4 What a turn-around!
On this page you will explore the physics of turning forces, levers and centre of mass. Inquiry questions Disciplinary concepts When you explored how forces balance for equilibrium in 4.4.1 Balancing...
Student e-course MYP 4-5
4.4.1 Balancing forces
On this page you will explore how forces on bodies can balance and produce no change in motion through the concepts of static and dynamic equilibrium. You will learn how to use free-body diagrams to analyse...
Student e-course MYP 4-5
4.4.3 What a drag
On this page you will explore forces that cause resistance to motion and deceleration Inquiry questions Disciplinary concepts Resistive forces such as friction or air resistance always act in the direction...
Student e-course MYP 4-5
4.4.2 Force and mass
On this page you will explore Newton's laws of motion and understand how they describe the effect of forces on masses. Inquiry questions Disciplinary concepts In 1977, NASA in the United States launched...
Student e-course MYP 4-5
4.2.4 Weigh it up
On this page you will find out how masses produce weight, and how we can account for this in force diagrams. Image courtesy Science for Sport Inquiry questions Disciplinary concepts Inquire Discuss:...