Year 10 Assessment Booklet 2020
IB MYP YEAR 10 – SCIENCES: PHYSICS
SEMESTER
STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
CONCEPT
GLOBAL CONTEXT
CONTENT
ASSESSMENT
Unit 1: Mechanics • Measurements and units • Calculating speed and acceleration • Forces and vector application • Newton’s Three Laws of Motion • Transfer of energy Unit 2: Light and Waves • Light and Colour • Sound • Reflection in plane mirrors • Reflection in curved mirrors • Refraction Unit 3: Power Production • Current electricity • Sources of energy • Thermal energy: fossil fuels, • Thermal energy: nuclear power • Alternative power production Unit 4: Astrophysics • Within the Solar System • Gravitational Fields • Distances beyond the Solar System • The Brightness of stars • Cosmology
Research Assignment 1 Criterion D 10.02.20 – 09.03.20 Student Experiment 1 Criteria B, C 10.03.20 – 23.04.20 Semester 1 Exams Criterion A 15 – 27.05.20
Relationships Energy Movement
The relationship between movement, force and energy transformations is explored through mathematical models and investigative methods.
Scientific and Technical Innovation
Systems Form Evidence
Observations and measurement of the evidence and form of energy transfer allows modelling and scientific and technical application of waves.
Scientific and Technical Innovation
ONE
Change Energy Transformation
Student Experiment 2 Criteria B, C 14.07.20 – 07.08.20
Stored energy in fuels is transformed to produce electrical energy through a variety of sustainable and non-sustainable processes.
Globalisation and Sustainability
Research Assignment 2 Criterion D 24.08.20 – 20.10.20 Semester 2 Exams Criterion A 02 – 11.11.20
TWO
Systems Evidence Form
Observation of evidence, measurement of phenomena, and the application of scientific knowledge leads to an understanding of the ordered nature of the universe and our place in it.
Orientation in Time and Space
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