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 (OM)  (ppt)  (pdf)
4.  Significant Figures (ppt)  (pdf)
5.  Accuracy and Precision (ppt)  (pdf)
6.  Errors and Uncertainties  (ppt)  (pdf)
7.  Vectors and Vector Addition (ppt)  (pdf)
Handout:  Orders of Magnitude
Interactive Powers of 10

Topic 2: Mechanics and Topic 6: Circular Motion

  1. Intro to mechanics and graphing motion  (ppt)  (pdf)
  2. Kinematic equations  (ppt)  (pdf)
  3. Uniform Accelerated Motion practice problems  (ppt)  (pdf)
  4. Projectile Motion    (ppt)     (pdf)
  5. Forces and Newton's 1st and 2nd Laws  (ppt)     (pdf)
  6. Momentum and Impulse    (ppt)   (pdf)
  7. Collisions (conservation of momentum)  (ppt)  (pdf)
  8. Work and Energy  (ppt)     (pdf)
  9. Power and Efficiency  (ppt)     (pdf)
  10. 6.1 Circular motion--intro  (ppt)
  11. 6.1 Circular Motion--principals and calculations  (PPT)

Lab Instruction Sheets
  1. Motion graphing with carts
  2. Uniform Accelerated Motion
  3. Free-fall (results--not instructions)
  4. Froggy Physics (journal entry)
  5. Coasters, Pendulums, and Springs (journal entry)
  6. Lab: Uniform Circular Motion: Tips/Instructions and Analysis

Topic 3: Thermal Physics

3.1 Temperature  (pdf)   (ppt)
3.2 Modeling a Gas (pdf)   (ppt)
​3.1 Specific Heat Capacity and Calorimetry (pdf)   (ppt)
3.1 Latent Heat and Phase Changes  (pdf)  (ppt)

B.2 Thermodynamics and Processes  (pdf)  (ppt)
B.2 Heat Engines  (ppt)
B.2  Entropy (ppt)