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Theme A: Space, time, and motion

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A1 Kinematics
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Kinematics is the study of displacement, velocity, acceleration and time. Interactive eBook pages If you look up distance in a dictionary, you will find it has many different meanings. It's the same...

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Broken down by sub-topic (displacement and velocity, etc), these pages aim to provide teachers with the insight and resources needed to teach the IB Physics curriculum. This is where you can find our...

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An overview of tests available on the site. Available tests The interactive eBook includes subtopic and topic tests that can be assigned for students. A year 1 exam that can be assigned to students....

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A1 interactive: Displacement and velocity
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If you look up distance in a dictionary, you will find it has many different meanings. It's the same for displacement. In physics, words mean one thing and one thing only; the meaning is specified clearly...

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SL/HL Core tests
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Here is a set of topic tests from the 2016-2015 curriculum. Links See the list of links in the menu on the left side of this page....

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Unit planners
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Broken down by topic (A.1 Kinematics, etc), these unit planners address guiding questions, understandings, links to IB essentials and other topics, and discuss approaches to teaching the topic. Overview...

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Practical work
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DP Physics students should experience 240 hours of class time (150 at SL), of which 60 hours (40 at SL) are spent in the experimental programme. With the Internal Assessment and Collaborative Sciences...

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Tools for the study of physics
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The tools of a physicist are experimental techniques, technology and mathematics. Interactive eBook pages What is physics all about? How can we make reliable and useful measurements as a way to understand...

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Teach Theme A
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Teach pages for topics A.1 to A.5 Topic A.1 This is usually the first unit. We introduce distance, displacement, speed, and velocity. An emphasis is placed on the difference between scalars and vectors,...

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