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IB Physics HL

The higher-level physics syllabus, organised by what the papers examine. Placeholder content.

12 lessons · about 4 hours · Final year of the Diploma Programme, higher level physics

The syllabus, mapped

  1. 01Measurement and uncertainty — Paper 1 opens with it and paper 3 depends on it.
  2. 02Mechanics — The largest topic by marks.
  3. 03Thermal physics — Short and often left until too late.
  4. 04Waves — Examined in every paper.
  5. 05Electricity and magnetism — Circuits and fields, higher-level depth.
  6. 06Energy production — A reliably unprepared-for topic.

The 12 lessons

  1. 01Measurement and uncertainty: the ideas · free
  2. 02Measurement and uncertainty: exam problems
  3. 03Mechanics: the ideas
  4. 04Mechanics: exam problems
  5. 05Thermal physics: the ideas
  6. 06Thermal physics: exam problems
  7. 07Waves: the ideas
  8. 08Waves: exam problems
  9. 09Electricity and magnetism: the ideas
  10. 10Electricity and magnetism: exam problems
  11. 11Energy production: the ideas
  12. 12Energy production: exam problems

The first lesson is free. The other 11 (4 hours in all) cost $10.18 bought together.

Or $1.70 a lesson one at a time, or $20.00 a month for Minimal — cheaper once you take more than ~11 lessons a month.

Try a block from the first lesson: Measurement and uncertainty: the ideas
Simulation · friction on a slopeSLIDING
22°
Speed vs timeDistance vs time
a1.40 m/s²v0.00 m/st0.00 s

Gravity down the slope beats friction, so the block accelerates at a constant 1.40 m/s². That's why speed climbs in a straight line while distance curves upward — distance is the area under the speed graph. Mass never appears in either sum.

A book rests on a table tilted at 30°. Compared with the book's weight mgmg, the normal force from the table is

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