IBDP Physics – Complete Theme A: Space, Time and Motion - 5-Unit Planner Bundle /SL & HL

This comprehensive bundle contains 5 complete unit planners covering Theme A: Space, time and motion of the IB DP Physics syllabus for first assessment 2025. Designed for combined SL/HL classrooms across Year 1, Term 1.

What’s Inside?
Complete Theme A coverage – A.1 Kinematics (9h – FREE); A.2 Forces & Momentum (10h); A.3 Work, Energy & Power (8h); A.4 Rigid Body Mechanics (7h – HL only); A.5 Galilean & Special Relativity (8h – HL only). 42 teaching hours total.

A.1 Kinematics (FREE) – SUVAT, projectile motion, fluid resistance. No HL content.

A.2 Forces & Momentum – Newton’s laws, free-body diagrams, collisions, circular motion. No HL content.

A.3 Work, Energy & Power – Conservation of energy, Sankey diagrams, efficiency, energy density. No HL content.

A.4 Rigid Body Mechanics (HL only) – Torque, moment of inertia, angular momentum, rotational KE.

A.5 Galilean & Special Relativity (HL only) – Time dilation, length contraction, space–time diagrams, muon decay evidence.

Teaching activities referenced throughout – 40+ including: Motion-Sensor Graph Matching, Projectile Launch, Trolley Collisions, Whirling Bung, Pendulum Energy, Sankey Diagrams, Rotating Stool, Space–Time Diagrams, Muon Decay. (Activities are described and sequenced within the planners.

Assessment guidance built into the pacing – Each planner flags where to place Formative checks (exit tickets, quick checks) and Summative assessment points (styled on Paper 1A, 1B & 2), with IA links noted throughout. (This maps out when and how to assess — it does not include ready-made assessment papers or exit-ticket documents.)

Differentiation – Scaffolding (templates, checklists, worked examples); extension (Tracker video analysis, 2D relative velocity). HL-only flagged.

Cross-curricular – TOK (models, conservation laws, intuition); CAS (physics of sport, energy audits).

ATL skills – Thinking, Social, Communication, Self-management, Research.

NOS connections – Idealised models; conservation laws; classical mechanics as limiting case; postulates.

Quantitative skills – SUVAT; vector resolution; momentum/impulse; centripetal force; work/energy/power; torque; moment of inertia; Lorentz factor; time dilation.

Lesson pacing – 42 teaching hours. Walk-in-ready summaries.

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