IB Physics Home

So you signed up for IB Physics.  Here is what you are in for!

Scope: Physics covers the standard material of a first-year college course in general physics using algebra and trigonometry: mechanics, thermodynamics, vibrations and waves, electricity and magnetism, light and optics, and modern physics. It prepares students to take the IB Physics exam, but more importantly, it prepares students for success in college-level physics.  

Below are a few resources for the year.  One is an overview of the syllabus.  This is helpful if you want to get a general feel for the topics covered. The Physics guide is a complete book produced by IB about the scope and aims of the class.  The 2016 Data booklet is a tool that we will be using ALL year and students get to use it on both my exams and IB's.  It is essential that each of you have a copy.  If you lost the one I gave you, print one out for yourself!

Grades: Check Parent/Student assist for updates, usually about every 2 weeks. Late work will be accepted for less than full credit. Absent work will follow school policy. If the student missed an assignment due to an absence, an alternate assignment may be assigned (ex. Labs). Grade percentages are as follows:

    A=100-90% .   B=89-80% .   C=79-70%    D=69-60%    

Late work Policy

75% of credit for all late work within a unit up until the unit test. After that, 50%.

Why?  No one wants a bad grade on an assignment. Yet, the penalty is not so severe that it causes students to fail.

Advantages: Students are encouraged to complete their assignments within the window that the information applies to the test.  Deadlines matter, but this policy allows a student to have a mishap and not have that destroy their grade.

Disadvantages:  A student who turns in the assignment one day late is earning the same amount of credit as the student who submits the assignment two weeks late. With this approach, students still don’t score well on the assignment, but the grade is not as detrimental to their overall score as a zero.

Mr. Crawford's Physical Science Page