IB Diploma Programme Unit Planner

Subject: Physics SL

Start: 4 Dec'12 End: 18 Jan'13

Unit title: Mechanics (Kinematics)

Grade Level: 11 Teacher: JTungka

Essential Questions:
Based on 'Understanding by Design' or other ideas.

Learning Objectives:
Overview of skills, attitudes, concepts, knowledge
Demonstrate an understanding of: a. force is also equal to change of momentum over change of time b. when two bodies A & B interact, the force that A exerts on B is equal andopposite to the force that B exrts on A c. in solving work problems, students should be familiar with situations where displacement is not in the same direction as the force d. list different forms of energy and describe energy transformation from one form to another e. in solving momentum problems, students should be familiar elastic & inelastic collision and exlosion. f. identify the force producing circular motion Apply and use: a. Work, enrgy and power formulae b. Impulse graphs c. Vector diagram in circular motion

In the second half (planning) of Topic 2 students will be dealing with Momentum & Impulse; Work, Energy & Power and Circular motion where students need to ask questions like What causes momentum? What is the connection between momentum and impulse? What causes work? The difference between work, energy and power? What keeps the circular motion "circular"?

Duration / Timing
Weeks Periods (double) Period (single) Homework Number of tasks Approx. hours 4 12 1 2

Assumed prior knowledge and skills:

Knowledge of vector diagram Newton's law of motion

Assessment Overview
Content / Knowledge
Understanding of key concepts & knowledge

Skills / Internal Assessment

Testing skills / Preparation for IA

Assessed task Students need to understand the concept of momentum, impulse, work, energy, power and circular motion. Summative Assessments
'Assessment of learning' grades for PG and reporting Gives

Criteria

Students need to understand how to read and use D, DCP & CE the motion graphs.

Formative Assessments
'Assessment for learning' Supports learning and reflection Formative assessments is an opportunity for students to really challenged themselves by doing challenging questions. This a good tools to prepare them for the IB exam.

Summative assessments are taken from kinematics, Forces, Works and circular motion. The aim is to check students understanding of the basic concepts of this unit of Mechanics.

Differentiation
Higher Level Students & Extension 0 Standard Level Students 4 Non-IB Students (if applicable) NA

Differentiation by learning styles

ESL / Language Support Strategies

Special Educational Needs (if applicable)

NA

NA

Classified

Making Connections
How can this unit support other subject areas?

How can this unit be supported by other subject areas?

Math can also support in terms of strengthening students' understanding about graphing functions and also basic calculus can help student in formula derivation.

Links with ToK (possible links - can it be communicated to ToK teachers?)

The development of the laws of motion raises interesting issues relating to correlation and cause and scientific theories

Links with current national / global affairs

Energy transformation

Learning Experiences
Theoretical: Practical / Applied:

Interpreting/extracting information impulse gaph istance/displacementtime graph, speed/velocity-time graph and acceleration-time graph.

Learning about collisions/explosion from videos/simmulation/lab activities.

Resources Required
Texts, Worksheets (where can they be found?)
IB Physics question bank, IB CD-past exam papers and Giancoli text book

Practical Resources
IB-portfolio by Gregg Kerr and IB teacher support materials

Online / Web Resources & Audio-visual (with URLs)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJLAztaw0Gw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9lehHxv-C8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ3RfKPPO2o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9EqU1_DXUw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMKE3H_9Vc4 http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/energy/ http://www.wou.edu/las/physci/GS361/EnergyBasics/EnergyBasics.htm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7K4V0NvUxRg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__zB80Saglk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpKptPgcSRs

Assessment Instructions or Rubrics

Core Considerations
Learner Profile (How will some LP's be addressed in this unit?) Think broader than 'knowledgable' and 'communicatiors' for the obvious subject areas. International Mindedness (Where do opportunities arise to explore this dimension?)

Energy transformation - as many countries are heading toward Students are reflective and thinker as they learn about collision and its energy efficiency, thus it is useful to know the science behind the connection to daily life applications. issue i.e. energy transformation. Use of ICT, Infromation Literacy & Academic Honesty Aims of the Subject (Which aims, found in the subject guide, will be addressed? How?)

Students will be using graphing softwares, datalogging for their IAs. Also, students wil be using plagiarism.com to check the autenticity of their works.

This topic emphasizing the use of spreadsheets, data logging and computer simulations in lab work and teaching.

Ongoing Reflection and Evaluation

Aspect Teaching / Learning Success or positive experiences
To be up-dated after this topic is completed

Improvements to be made
To be up-dated after this topic is completed

Assessment of Skills / Knowledge Making Connections Core Considerations Further Notes / Reflection

To be up-dated after this topic is completed

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