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Class of 2027 links: Mysteries Parking Lot Unit 1 SL Whiteboard Unit 1 HL Whiteboard
Class of 2026 links: Mysteries Parking Lot Unit 1 SL Whiteboard Unit 1 HL Whiteboard
Detailed list of IB syllabus understandings and related guiding questions
Skills in the study of physics to be developed during this unit
Future Physics Contexts: drone performance parameters, drone package delivery, eVTOL rotor motion and thrust, estimating EV power requirements, estimating torque requirements for eVTOLs (HL).
Kinematics and Projectiles
Kinematics and Projectiles
Forces and Newton's Laws
Forces and Newton's Laws
Free body diagrams and Newton's laws Part 1
Newton's laws Part 2 and friction forces
Representative Test 1 Question Set and Mark Scheme
Terminal speed, buoyancy force and drag force
Solutions to linked problem sets
Kognity book sections: A2.1-A2.5 (note: electric and magnetic forces and elastic force will be studied later in the course)
Momentum and Impulse
Momentum and Impulse
Solutions to linked problem sets
Kognity book sections: A.2.6 (but not the changing mass section) and A.2.7 Worked examples 1 and 2
Circular Motion
Circular Motion
Circular Motion (.pptx, best viewed in PowerPoint)
Solutions to linked problem sets
Kognity book sections: A2.8
Work, Mechanical Energy and Power
Work, Mechanical Energy and Power
Work, mechanical energy and power
Vertical circular motion and energy considerations
Solutions to linked problem sets
Kognity book sections: A3.1-3.3 (note: elastic potential energy and Sankey diagrams will be studied later in the course)
Core Topics Test 2 will assess everything up to this point
Torque, angular acceleration and rotational energy (HL A.4 Part 1)
Torque, angular acceleration and rotational energy (HL A.4 Part 1)
Concepts and equations slides (.pptx, best viewed in PowerPoint)
Representative worked examples (.pptx, best viewed in PowerPoint)
Solutions to linked problem sets
Kognity book sections: A4.1-4.3
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