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
1.1: Metric Conversions (ppt) Note: these were not covered directly in class. Use this as a reference should you need assistance with metrics! :)
1.1: Orders of Magnitude and Estimation (PPT)
Handout: OM Ranges for distance, energies, mass, and time (Word Doc)
1.1: Significant Figures rules (ppt)
1.2: Accuracy, Precision and Errors (ppt)
1.2: Uncertainties in Measurement (ppt)
Lab Resources:
1.3 Vectors and Vector Addition (ppt)
lab: Displacement Vector Addition
1.1: Metric Conversions (ppt) Note: these were not covered directly in class. Use this as a reference should you need assistance with metrics! :)
1.1: Orders of Magnitude and Estimation (PPT)
Handout: OM Ranges for distance, energies, mass, and time (Word Doc)
1.1: Significant Figures rules (ppt)
1.2: Accuracy, Precision and Errors (ppt)
1.2: Uncertainties in Measurement (ppt)
Lab Resources:
1.3 Vectors and Vector Addition (ppt)
lab: Displacement Vector Addition
Topic 2: Mechanics
- Intro: displacement, velocity, relative velocity (ppt)
- Motion Graphing (post-lab presentation) (ppt)
- Kinematics Equations (ppt)
- Falling Bodies (PPT)
- Projectile Motion (Ppt)
- Projectile motion practice problems (ppt)
- Forces and Newton's Laws (ppt)
- Momentum and Impulse (ppt)
- Collisions and Explosions (ppt)
- Energy and Work (ppt)
Energy and Work--Notes worksheet (.docx) - Power and Efficiency (ppt)
- WEP practice problems (KEY) (note: Question 13 has a missing part that deletes itself when I make the test...and I don't know why. The info you need to answer problem c is that the output power of the bus is 70.0 kW. The efficiency is 35%. The missing question asked you to calculate an input power to the bus, which is 200 kW)
Topic 3: Thermal Physics
- Temperature and Thermal Energy Transfer (ppt)
- Specific Heat Capacity and Calorimetry (ppt)
- Calorimetry practice problems (ppt)
- Latent Heat and Phase Changes (ppt)
- Modelling a Gas (ppt)
- Gas Laws (ppt)
- Thermodynamics and Thermodynamic Processes (PPT)
- Heat Engines and Heat Pumps (PPT)
- Engines: examples and efficiency (PPT) (pdf)
- Entropy and 2nd law of thermodynamics (PPT)
Worksheets:
Entropy (KEY)