Year 1 Unit Notes

Notes from Year 1: IB Physics 1

These are the links to the notes we covered, and that were posted, last year.

Topic 1: Measurement and Uncertainties

NPR podcast: The Kilogram has a weight loss problem
1- Metric System and Units   (ppt)  (pdf)
2. Metric Conversions Practice  (ppt)  (pdf)
3. Order of Magnitude and Estimation (ppt)  (pdf)
Handout: Orders of Magnitude
4. Significant Figures (ppt)  (pdf)
5. Errors and Uncertainties (ppt)  (pdf)
6. Accuracy and Precision definitions (pdf)
7. Vectors and Vector Addition (ppt)  (pdf)

Interactive Powers of 10

Topic 2: Mechanics and Topic 6: Circular Motion

Vectors and Vector Addition (ppt) (pdf)
Intro to Mechanics and Relative Velocity (ppt) (pdf)
Lab: Uniform Accelerated Motion
graphing motion examples (ppt) (pdf)
Kinematic Equations (ppt) (pdf)
Gravitational Force and Fields (ppt) (pdf)
Forces and Newton's Laws (ppt) (pdf)
projectile motion (ppt) (pdf)
projectile motion IB practice questions: markscheme
Momentum and Impulse (ppt) (pdf)
Collisions and Explosions (ppt) (pdf)
Practice momentum problems (ppt)
Energy, Work and Power (ppt) (pdf)
Power and Efficiency (ppt) (pdf)
IB Questions packet (markscheme)

Uniform Accelerated Motion practice problems (ppt) (pdf)

6.1 Circular motion--intro (ppt)
6.1 Circular Motion--principals and calculations (PPT)

Lab Instruction Sheets

Motion graphing with carts
Uniform Accelerated Motion
Free-fall (results--not instructions)
Froggy Physics (journal entry)
Coasters, Pendulums, and Springs (journal entry)
Lab: Uniform Circular Motion: Tips/Instructions and Analysis

Topic 3: Thermal Physics

Temperature and Thermal Energy Transfer (ppt) (pdf)
Specific Heat and Calorimetry (ppt)
Lab: Determination of the specific heat capacity of a metal (.docx)
Latent heat and phase changes (ppt)
Modeling a gas (ppt)
Gas Laws (ppt)
Thermodynamics (ppt) (pdf)
Heat Engines and Heat Pumps (ppt) (pdf)
Efficiency and Engine examples (ppt) (pdf)
Entropy and 2nd Law of Thermodynamics (ppt) (pdf)

Topic 6: Circular Motion and Gravitation

6.1 Circular motion--intro (ppt)
6.1 Circular Motion--principals and calculations (PPT)
Gravitational Forces and fields (ppt) (pdf)
Gravitational Potential Energy and Potential (ppt) (pdf)
Escape Velocity (ppt) (pdf)

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