

A complete IB DP Physics lesson on distance and displacement for Topic A.1 Kinematics, SL and HL, first assessment 2025, offered free as a full-quality sample of the premium catalogue: an editable worksheet, a 43-slide deck, a teacher key, worked solutions and a questions-only assessment. Not a cut-down teaser but a whole double-period lesson, given away in full, so you can see what the paid packs deliver before you buy.
What students learn
- Position is a vector from a chosen origin, with an SI unit; in one dimension it reduces to a signed coordinate whose sign records direction.
- Displacement is the change in position, in one dimension the signed difference s = xf - xi, depending only on the endpoints and not on the path or the origin.
- A journey with a turn in it separates distance, the whole path, from displacement, the straight change: a round trip covers metres of track for zero displacement.
- Exit-ticket multiple-choice questions with full explanations, each targeting a named misconception.
IB skills (Tool 3: Mathematics):
- Identify a quantity as a scalar or a vector, distance against displacement (taught).
- Draw and label position and displacement vectors (practised).
- Add two perpendicular vectors by Pythagoras (practised).
- Convert between km, m and cm (practised).
- Take a percentage uncertainty, a mean and a half-range, and propagate through a subtraction, in the data question (practised).
What’s included:
- Student Worksheet - 16 pages
- Teacher Key - 22 pages
- Worked Solutions - 15 pages
- Assessment - 11 pages
- Lesson deck - 43 slides
Velocity, acceleration and motion graphs are left to the follow-on packs, so it stays on scope. Worksheet and deck open in any browser with nothing to install, and the worksheet is fully editable. SI units, IB notation and IB command terms throughout. Suitable for grades 11-12 (ages 16-19) as a lesson, cover lesson, homework or revision.
Part of the A.1 Kinematics Complete Unit Bundle: every pack for the topic, 30% off buying them separately.
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