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IB Physics HL - Year 1 (2019-2020)

8/16

• Informational Packet / Syllabus
• Syllabus Addendum - Grading

8/20

• discuss briefly the history of modeling motion
• differentiate between average and instantaneous speeds and define constant speed
• determine if a toy car moves with constant speed
• create a scatter plot of the motion of a toy car and discuss the significance of its slope
• homework - read to p. 11 in the booklet (Physics: An Introduction); do the 6 math questions on p. 10

8/22

• define distance, displacement, speed, velocity and acceleration
• "read" position,velocity and acceleration graphs and relate them to one another

8/26

• "read" motion graphs (worksheets)
• help sheet for reading motion graphs

8/28

• derive the kinematic (or suvat) equations
• practice using the kinematic equations
• homework - solve sample IB test questions on motion graphs

8/30

• test over motion graphs, with general questions about distance, displacement, speed (average and instantaneous), velocity and acceleration
• homework - install Logger Pro on your laptop (on a school-issued laptop, install it from the Software Center; on all other laptops, use these instructions); read pp. 27-38 in your textbook

9/4

• graph the motion data in this spreadsheet and add trendlines
• practice interpreting trendlines and using the extracted (velocity and acceleration) information to interpolate and extrapolate (file 1, file 2)
• homework - do test corrections on a separate sheet of paper; also, complete the worksheet from class

​9/6

• picture day
• read what Aristotle and Galileo had to say about falling "bodies"
• study how objects fall using a "motion detector" - lab instructions
• homework - finish the lab at home; read (and take notes on) pp. 8-16 in your textbook
• check your Interpolations and Extrapolations homework against the key

​9/10

• use the kinematic equations for modeling freely falling objects - worksheet
• homework - read about experimental uncertainty (its measurement and propagation in calculations) - handout

​9/12

• begin formal lab investigation of free fall acceleration (enter data here)
• the general Lab Report Format

​9/16

• "linearize" the free fall data in Logger Pro; add trend lines
• the lab report will be due 9/20 (at 11:59 pm) through turnitin.com
• practice solving motion problems
• homework - complete the motion problems (answer key)

​9/18

• introduce a new way to represent vectors - 3Blue1Brown video
• model 2D projectile motion
• homework - read pp. 39-43 in your textbook

​​9/20

• test over 1D motion (with a focus on the kinematic equations, but including a few graph-related questions) - postponed until 9/24
• continue modeling of projectiles launched at an angle
• study this animation of a launched projectile
• the lab report is due tonight through turnitin.com
• homework - solve these kinematics problems (answer key); review for the test

​9/24

• test over kinematics (no 2D projectiles)

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• PhET projectile motion simulation 

Unit One-Page Overviews

1.1 Measurements in physics

1.2 Uncertainties and errors

1.3 Vectors and scalars

2.1 Motion

2.2 Forces

2.3 Work, Energy, and Power

2.4 Momentum

Unit One-Page Overviews

3.1 Thermal Concepts

3.2 Modelling a gas

6.1 Circular Motion

4.1 Oscillations

4.2 Travelling Waves

4.3 Wave Characteristics

5.1 Electric Fields

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