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 – 40+ including: Motion-Sensor Graph Matching, Projectile Launch, Trolley Collisions, Whirling Bung, Pendulum Energy, Sankey Diagrams, Rotating Stool, Space–Time Diagrams, Muon Decay.

Assessment – Formative (exit tickets, checks) and Summative (Paper 1A, 1B & 2 style). IA links throughout.

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.

Resources – Tsokos, Hamper; FREE: PhET, Tracker, HyperPhysics, Khan Academy; IB PRC.

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

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