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Year One Worksheets
Unit 1: Measurement and Uncertainty
Measurement and Uncertainty Assessment Criteria
Buggy Lab Planning, Buggy Lab Graphing
Unit 2: Mechanics
2.A: Vectors and Motion Terminology
Vectors and Motion Terminology Assessment Criteria
2.B: Kinematics
Kinematics Assessment Criteria
2.C: Forces
2.D: Energy
Even More Work- Elastic Energy
2.E: Momentum
IB Momentum (pick up in class)
Unit 3: Circular Motion and Gravitation
Circular Motion and Gravitation Assessment Criteria
Playing A-Round with Circles Lab
IB Gravitation (pick up in class)
Unit 4: Charges
4.A: Electrostatics
Electrostatic Assessment Criteria
IB Electrostatics (pick up in class)
4.B: Circuits
IB Electric Circuits (pick up in class)
Circuits Review
Capacitor Structure Background
Capacitor Charging and Discharging Derivations
Capacitor Structure Practice, Solutions
IB Capacitor Practice (Only on Classroom)
Capacitor Structure Capstone Questions
4.C: Electricity and Magnetism
Electricity and Magnetism Assessment Criteria
Unit 5: Thermal Physics
Thermal Physics Assessment Criteria
Group 4 Project
Year Two Worksheets
Unit 6: Waves
6.A: Oscillations and Wave Structure
Oscillations and Wave Structure Assessment Criteria
Simple Harmonic Motion Practice
IB Simple Harmonic Motion (pick up in class)
IB Wave Properties (pick up in class)
IB Standing Waves (pick up in class)
6.B: Sound Nature and Applications
Sound Nature and Applications Assessment Criteria
6.C: Light Nature and Interactions
IB Refraction and Polarization (pick up in class)
IB Diffraction (pick up in class)
6.D: Imaging
IB Lenses (pick up in class)
IB Microscopes and Telescopes (pick up in class)
Microscope and Telescope Examples
IB Fibre Optics (pick up in class)
IB Medical Imaging (pick up in class)
Unit 7: Atomic, Nuclear and Particle Physics
7.A: Atomic Structure
Atomic Structure Assessment Criteria
Photoelectric Effect Simulation
IB Atomic Structure (pick up in class)
7.B: Nuclear and Quantum Physics
Nuclear Structure Assessment Criteria
IB Nuclear Structure (pick up in class)
Unit 8: Energy Production
Course Review
Questions Of The Day
Monday, April 6
Instead of moving on to the next topic, today we have another simulation game. Match that graph: https://www.physicsclassroom.com/Concept-Builders/Kinematics/Match-That-Graph/Concept-Builder
Friday, March 27
I’m going to leave you with a series of questions that are less physics and more language and representation. As you know, I am a big proponent of drawing pictures and diagrams that represent what is happening. The participants of a podcast I was listening to were discussing the fact that different cultures have different conventions for how they map time onto spatial representation (often paper).
Take this scenario: “Elijah throws a ball to Kamie and she catches it.” Draw a three panel representation of the action.
- Where was Elijah in your picture?
- Where was Kamie in your picture?
- Did you draw the sequence of time to be right-to-left, left-to-right, top-to-bottom, bottom-to-top? Why?
- Which of the orientations would be the least comfortable for you to read? Why?
- Can you identify other conventions in your representations that you have never questioned?
Thursday, March 26
Sean Carroll is a Caltech Physics professor who is putting out a series of videos that he is calling “The Biggest Ideas in the Universe.” He has published the first one on his youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRhV1rWIpm_pU19bBm_2RXw . I’d like to know what you think of this and whether you think it would be useful for the class. Please let me know what you think of the first one on Conservation.
Wednesday, March 25
DP Physics 1
Capacitors can be placed in series or parallel just like resistors. The behavior is similar, but not the same. Explore how capacitors behave in series and parallel. Look up the equations for series and parallel and see if the behaviors match the equations.
DP Physics 2 Electric fields challenge. See if you can clear all of the levels: https://www.physicsclassroom.com/Physics-Interactives/Static-Electricity/Put-the-Charge-in-the-Goal/Put-the-Charge-in-the-Goal-Interactive
Tuesday, March 24
DP Physics 1
The Farad is the unit of capacitance. It is equivalent to a Coulomb for every Volt. This means that the capacitance of an object tells you the ratio of charge on a plate to potential difference between the plates. When you run the simulation, you will see the charge is building on the plates and the voltage across the plates is increasing. What do you think the shapes of the V vs t, I vs t, and Q vs t graphs would be?
DP Physics 2
Going back to MYP, design the best roller coaster (no cheating) on the coaster creator site.
https://assets.jason.org/resource_assets/4851/8673/coaster.html
Monday, March 23
DP Physics 1
I have heard from a number of students that it is hard to get a picture of what a capacitor does. This simulation does a nice job of allowing you to make various changes and see the results. Play with this circuit (https://ophysics.com/em5.html) and make observations.( Hint: Time is an important factor here. )
DP Physics 2
Review Question.
Play with this circuit (https://ophysics.com/em5.html). Sketch the graphs of V vst t for the capacitor with a 5 ohm resistor and a 10 ohm resistor. Explain the difference.
Friday, March 20
DP Physics 1
The gap between the plates of a capacitor and the area of a plate (assuming both plates have the same area) determine the capacitance of an air-gap capacitor. What is it about each of those factors that impacts the ability to store charge in an electric field?
DP Physics 2
The average intensity of solar radiation on a planet is 200 W m-2 and the average albedo of the planet is 0.6. Determine the intensity absorbed by the planet and the intensity radiated by the planet.
Thursday, March 19
DP Physics 1
What are the units for capacitance? What do these units tell you about the role of a capacitor?
DP Physics 2
Many urban areas are considered “heat islands.” How could changing the color of parking lots and rooftops have an impact on the local air temperature? Use the concept of albedo in your answer.
Wednesday, March 18
DP Physics 1
What is happening inside the filament of a lightbulb that makes the resistance change with temperature?
DP Physics 2
Snow and open water have significantly different albedos. How does this impact the rate of energy absorption throughout the year in a lake around Ann Arbor? What other factors can you identify that would have impacts on the rate of energy absorption?