IAs latest
It's time for some clarity on the IA situation for May 2020 candidates. The Physics investigation will now be externally marked with guidance from your internal assessment. What's expected of teachers?...
Home activities
The activities in this website weren't written with distance learning in mind however, with their heavy use of simulations and animations they might as well have been. Emma and I will be going through...
Doing IA investigations at home
Almost 2 weeks ago my first years started their IA investigations. When we started sending students home my first thought was to put it on hold, I've now changed my mind. With my vast experience of 2...
Zoom
Yesterday didn't go brilliantly so today I'm trying a different approach. Students will be in class working through the activities, I will be at home waiting for their questions but this time I have set...
Communication
Here's my present situation. I'm on voluntary 14 day quarantine some of my students have gone home but most are still on campus and are instructed to to turn up for class. Some teachers are in the classroom,...
Remote but so close
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Coping with COVID-19
Norway is in the process of containing the corona virus which means public events have been canceled and schools closed, UWCRCN is a residential school with students from something like 90 different countries...
Precession
I know it's not on the syllabus but one of my students wanted to do his IA on precession so thought I'd better brush up on the topic and what better way than to build a Geogebra simulation. The vectors...
Video run-through
As subscribers to thinkib you get premium access to studyib, the companion student revision site. This contains a whole load of stuff to help students understand physical concepts and prepare for exams...
Difficult physics for babies
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