IB Physics Content Guides
I stole this idea from an amazing group of IB Physics teachers that are a part of the Knowles Teacher Initiative so I had a really great structure to build off of. I knew that I wanted my content guides to have consistency throughout the year so I started out by outlining a list of rules to keep me following the same set of guidelines.
Big Ideas
- Essential Questions
- Cross-cutting concepts
- Recurring ideas that apply to many different standards
Content Objectives
- Student friendly language of the IB Guide that is unpacked to highlight details
- Actionable language ("I can" statements)
- Mapped to daily notes so that students can assess their understanding after each lesson and know where to find the information if there is something they need to review.
Shelving Guide
The purpose of the shelving guide is to provide structures where students can summarize their knowledge (like books on a bookshelf). The look of these guides varies depending on the content but there are some recurring structures in most of the packets:
The purpose of the shelving guide is to provide structures where students can summarize their knowledge (like books on a bookshelf). The look of these guides varies depending on the content but there are some recurring structures in most of the packets:
- Variable Vocab - there are lots of crazy variables that show up in their equation packet, it's important they know what's what. This always includes a table with the name, variable symbol, and unit for each variable.
- Problem Solving Structure - whenever a table or workflow structure is use to help organize problem solving method it will be included here.
- Equations - sure that every equation that is in their IB Physics Data Booklet shows up here so there isn't a huge disconnect when it comes to test day.
- No Sample Problems - this is not a place for sample problems so no numbers allowed unless it is a referring to a constant or physical value that they should know. It is ok to outline common problem scenarios but no values should be given.
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Motion
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Forces
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Circular Motion
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Energy & Momentum
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Waves - Sound
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Waves - Light
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Electricity
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Force Fields
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Thermal Physics
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Atomic Physics
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Energy Production
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Astrophysics
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