Index of links to student pages

On this page, you will find a complete set of links to the physics course.
Tools
Tools interactive: Measurement and uncertainty
What is physics all about? How can we make reliable and useful measurements as a way to understand how the world works?
Tools interactive: Vectors
Quantities in physics are either scalars or vectors. Let's figure out how to work with vectors!
Tools practice: Measurement and uncertainty
Work through the questions on this page to practice your understanding of measurement and uncertainty
Tools practice: Vectors
Work through the questions on this page to practice your understanding of vectors
Tools MCQs: Measurement and uncertainty
Your teacher has assigned these questions for you to practice your understanding of measurement and uncertainty.
Tools MCQs: Vectors
Vectors (new format) 26/07/2020 : new format vectors quiz
Tools problems: Measurement and uncertainty
Here are some problems related to measurement and uncertainty
Tools problems: Vectors
Here are some problems about vectors
Tools test: Measurement and uncertainties
This page contains a test on measurement and uncertainties.
Tools test: Vectors
This page contains a test on vectors
A1 Kinematics
A1 interactive: Displacement and velocity
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...
A1 interactive: Acceleration
Moving objects can change their velocity. This is called acceleration. Zoom zoom, let's go!
A1 interactive: Graphs of motion
Graphs are a great way to represent motion
A1 interactive: Projectiles
How do objects travel when they are thrown into the air?
A1 practice: Displacement and velocity
Work through the multiple-choice questions on this page to practice your understanding of displacement and velocity.
A.1 practice: Acceleration
Work through the multiple-choice questions on this page to practice your understanding of acceleration.
A.1 practice: Graphs of motion
Work through the multiple-choice questions on this page to practice your understanding of motion graphs
A.1 practice: Projectiles
Work through the multiple-choice questions on this page to practice your understanding of projectile motion.
A2 Forces and momentum
A2 interactive: Forces
What makes things move?
A2 interactive: Newton's laws and momentum
Applying Newton's laws and introducing the concept of momentum, let's go!
A2 interactive: Circular motion
An object travelling in a circle is accelerating because the direction of the velocity is changing. How can we understand circular motion in terms of forces?
A2 practice: Forces
Work through the multiple-choice questions on this page to practice your understanding of forces.
A2 practice: Newton's laws and momentum
Work through the multiple-choice questions on this page to practice your understanding of Newton's laws and momentum
A.2 practice: Circular motion
Work through the multiple-choice questions on this page to practice your understanding of circular motion.
A2 MCQs: Forces
Your teacher has assigned these questions for you to practice your understanding of forces
A2 MCQs: Newton's laws and momentum
Your teacher has assigned these questions for you to practice your understanding of Newton's laws and momentum
A2 MCQs: Circular motion
Your teacher has assigned these questions for you to practice your understanding of circular motion
A2 test: Circular motion
Note: this test requires conservation of energy for question 2c. Have students skip 2c if you have not yet studied A.3 Work, Energy, and Power.
A3 Work, energy and power
A3 interactive: Work, energy and power
Physics is all about understanding the way matter in the universe behaves. Forces and momentum help to explain interactions, but there is one more piece to the puzzle: energy.
A2 interactive: Collisions
Interactive textbook: Collisions 24/07/2021 :
A3 practice: Work, energy, and power
Work through the multiple-choice questions on this page to practice your understanding of work, energy, and power.
A.3 practice: Collisions
Work through the multiple-choice questions on this page to practice your understanding of collisions
A4 Rigid body mechanics

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Experiment
- Practical: Measuring moment of Inertia and Sample results and Support page
- Practical: Balanced beam (Geogebra)
- Practical: Rotational dynamics (Algodoo)
- Practical: Rubber powered motor
- Practical: Meccano and Teachers Notes
- Practical: Rolling cylinders (Algodoo)
- Practical: Conservation of angular momentum (Algodoo)
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A5 Galilean and special relativity

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- Activity: Galilean relativity and answers
- Activity: The light clock and answers
- Activity: Lorentz transformations and answers
- Activity: Spacetime diagrams and answers
- Activity: Momentum and KE and answers
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Practise
- Problems: Relative velocity and Solutions
- Problems: Time Dilation and Solutions
- Problems: Length contraction and Solutions
- Problems: Michelson Morley and Solutions
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B1 Thermal energy transfers

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Experiment
- Practical: Specific heat capacity of water (electric kettle) and Simulation and Support page and Example results
- Practical: Hand hot and Support page and Help collecting data and Help processing data and Example results
- Practical: Variable power heater

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B2 Greenhouse effect

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B4 Thermodynamics

Learn
- Activity: Intro to thermodynamics and answers
- Activity: The second law and answers
- Activity: Cyclic processes and answers
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B5 Current and circuits

Learn
- Activity: Current and resistance and answers
- Activity: Simple circuits and answers
- Activity: Component combinations and answers
- Activity: Kirchhoff's laws and answers
- Activity: Electrical power
Experiment
- Practical: Factors affecting R (paper) and Support page and Example results
- Practical: Factors affecting R (nichrome) and Support page and Example results
- Practical: Factors affecting R (pencil) and Support page and Example results
- Practical: Resistivity of Play Doh
- Practical: Circuit simulations (Falstad)
- Practical: Kirchhoff's laws (Geogebra and PhET)
- Practical: EMF and internal resistance and EMF simulation (PhET) and Example results and Support page

Study
- Student notes: Current and Resistance
- Interactive textbook: Current and resistance
- Student notes: Electric cells and circuits
- Interactive textbook: Cells and circuits
Practise
- Problems: Resistance and solutions
- Problems: Component combinations and solutions
- Problems: Potential dividers and solutions

Check
- MCQs: Potential difference
- MCQs Current and resistance
- Test: Current and resistance
- MCQs: Electric circuits
- Test: Simple circuits
- MCQs: Component combinations
- Test: Component combinations
- MCQs: Power and potential dividers
- Test: Electrical power
- Test: Electrical power 2
- MCQs: Kirchhoff's laws
- Online test: Kirchhoff's laws
- Test: Kirchoff's Laws
- Online test: Measuring V and I
- MCQs: Ohm's Law
C1 Simple harmonic motion
C1 interactive: Oscillations
It would be impossible to write an equation for the motion of a hummingbird about a woodland. There needs to be some pattern in the movement that we can replicate mathematically. Motion with constant...
C1 interactive: Oscillations [HL]
In order to fully describe simple harmonic motion, we need to develop a mathematical model based on sine and cosine functions. This HL-only topic also addresses phase angle and energy calculations in...
C1 practice: Oscillations
Work through the multiple-choice questions on this page to practice your understanding of oscillations
C1 practice: Oscillations [HL]
Work through the multiple-choice questions on this page to practice your understanding of the HL extension material for oscillations
C1 MCQs: Oscillations
Your teacher has assigned these questions for you to practice your understanding of oscillations
C1 MCQs: Oscillations [HL]
Your teacher has assigned these questions for you to practice your understanding of the HL extension material for oscillations
C1 problems: Oscillations
Here are some problems related to oscillations
C2 Wave model

Learn
- Activity: Introduction to waves and answers
- Activity: 1D waves and answers
- Activity: Waves in a ripple tank and answers
- Activity: Light waves and answers
- Activity: Sound waves and answers
Experiment
Study
- Student notes: Travelling waves
- Interactive textbook: Travelling waves
- Student notes: Transverse and longitudinal waves
- Interactive textbook: Transverse and longitudinal waves
- Student notes: Sound and light
- Interactive textbook: Sound and light

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C3 Wave phenomena

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- Activity: Single slit diffraction and answers
- PBL: Single slit diffraction and Single slit teachers notes
- Activity: Resolution and answers
- PBL: Resolution and Resolution teachers notes
- Activity: Two slit interference and answers
- PBL: Two slit interference and Two slit teachers notes
- Activity: Multiple slit interference and answers
- PBL: Multiple slits and Two slit teachers notes
Experiment
- Practical: Ripple tank simulation (GeoGebra)
- Practical: Refractive index and Refractive index simulation (Algodoo) and Support page
- Practical: Diffraction from a CD
- Practical: Two slit interference

Study
- Student notes: Diffraction and interference of light
- Interactive textbook: Diffraction and interference of light
Practise
- Problems: Refraction and solutions
- Problems: Single slit diffraction and solutions
- C3 problems: Resolution and solutions

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C4 Standing waves and resonance

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Experiment
- Practical: Resonance in a bucket and support
- Practical: Boomwhackers
- Practical: Standing waves in a slinky
- Practical: Sliding whistle and Marked Report and Teachers Notes
- Practical: Drinking straw waves
- Practical: Skipping rope and Teachers Notes
- Practical: Speed of sound (drinking straw) and Support page and Waves in pipes simulation and Standing waves simulation (GeoGebra) and Example results
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D1 Gravitational fields

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- Activity: Gravitational fields and answers
- Activity: Gravitational potential and answers
- PBL: Gravitational potential and Support page
- Activity: Satellites and escape speed and answers
- PBL: Orbits and Support page
Experiment
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Practise
- Problems: Gravitational fields and solutions
- Problems: Gravitational potential and solutions
- Problems: Orbits and solutions

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D2 Electric and magnetic fields

Learn
- Activity: Electric fields and answers
- PBL: Electric fields
- Activity: Electric potential and answers
- Activity: Magnetic fields
Experiment
- D2 practical: Uniform electric field
- D2 practical: Electric fields simulation (GeoGebra)
- Practical: Flux density and Teachers Notes
- D2 practical: Magnetic field inside a coil and Teachers Notes

Study
- Student notes: Electric fields
- Interactive textbook: Electric fields
- D2 notes: Fundamental charge
- Student notes: Magnetism
- Interactive textbook: Magnetism
Practise
- Problems: Electric fields and solutions
- Problems: Magnetic fields and solutions
- Problems: Electrostatics and solutions
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D3 Motion in electromagnetic fields

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D4 Induction

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- D4 activity: Electromagnetic induction and answers
- D4 PBL: Electromagnetic induction
- D4 activity: Generators and transformers and answers
- D4 PBL: Alternating current
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E2 Quantum physics

Learn
- E2 activity: Photoelectric effect and answers
- E2 activity: Wave nature of matter and answers
- E2 activity: Further atomic models and answers
Study

Practise
- E2 problems: Photoelectric effect and solutions
- E2 problems: Wave-particle duality and solutions
- E2 problems: Atomic models and solutions
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E3 Radioactive decay

Learn
- E3 activity: Nucleons and binding energy and answers
- E3 activity: Radioactivity and answers
- E3 activity: Radioactive decay and answers
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E5 Fusion and stars

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- E5 activity: Measuring distance and answers
- E5 activity: Light from stars and answers
- E5 activity: Longer distances and mass and answers
- E5 activity: Stellar evolution and answers
- E5 activity: Expanding universe and answers
- E5 activity: Stellar processes and answers
Study
- E5 notes: Stellar quantities
- E5 notes: Spectra
- E5 notes: Stellar characteristics
- E5 notes: Stellar evolution
- E5 notes: Stellar fusion







