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Theme A: Space, time, and motion
How do objects move and interact in space and time? Kinematics is the study of displacement, velocity, acceleration and time. How do objects interact? A study of Newton's laws, momentum, collisions and...
DP essentials
Extended Essay
A guide to writing the Extended Essay in physics, for students. Choices For the student the early days of the EE are full of choices, firstly which subject to choose, secondly which topic and thirdly...
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A1 practical: Rolling ball (simulation)
In this exercise the rolling ball practical will be simulated using Algodoo. Either follow instructions on this page or watch the screen cast at the bottom of the page. You can download Algodoo free here....
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B5 practical: Kirchhoff's laws (Geogebra and PhET)
In this exercise you will learn how use Geogebra to solve circuit problems using Kirchoff's laws. The solutions will also be checked using the PhET circuit simulator. Consider the following circuit:...
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C4 practical: Speed of sound (drinking straw) Geogebra
In this exercise GeoGebra will be used to simulate standing waves in a closed pipe. When you blow across the opening of a pipe sound waves travel towards the end and are reflected, the reflected wave...
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A1 practical: Inclined plane
In this practical you are going to investigate the motion of a trolley rolling down and inclined plane. Since the forces on the trolley are unbalanced it will accelerate down the slope at a constant rate,...
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E2 activity: Photoelectric effect answers
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B5 practical: EMF and internal resistance example results
The data for all parts of the experiment was collected in one table. The uncertainties were estimated from the smallest division of the scale.The uncertainty in 1/I was found from (1/Imin - 1/Imax)/2...
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E2 solutions: Photoelectric effect
1. A filament lamp gives out light of average wavelength 600nm when connected to a 220V supply. The current flowing through the filament is 5A (rms). If 3x1020 photons are emitted per second calculate...
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D2 practical: Electric fields simulation (GeoGebra)
This worksheet is about how to build a GeoGebra simulation of electric field strength for two charges. By working though this exercise you will understand the vector nature of electric field. This worksheet...
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C1 activity: Damping answers
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D2 practical: Flux density method
In the photo have used an ordinary top pan balance but when I do this as a class practical we will use small battery powered balances (Ebay). Using these cheap balances I can afford to supply a balance...