Year 10 IB Diploma Preparation Course Guide 2023

STRUCTURE Semester 1

Semester 2

Electricity and Atomic Physics

Force, Motion and Energy

Current electricity

Measurement and units Speed and acceleration Newton’s Laws of Motion

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Nuclear and Atomic Physics

Circular motion and Gravitational Fields

Waves and Light

Circular Motion

Introduction to waves Behaviour of waves Refraction of light

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Gravitational fields

Universal Law of Gravitation

May be subject to change with new syllabus in 2024

ASSESSMENT In Year 10 IBDP Physics Preparatory students complete four summative assessments. Summative assessments Semester 1 Weighting Semester 2

Weighting

Student Experiment

10%

Student Experiment

10%

Semester Examination

40%

Semester Examination

40%

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