2008 IB Exam Schedule

HL Physics students must do take two option exams. One will be Optics; the other will be The History & Development of Physics. Optics will be covered in class; The History & Development of Physics will be an independent study section. Here is the on-line summary for The History & Development of Physics. (password required).

Here is a study guide for The History & Development of Physics (password required).

Another very good resource for IB2 students (especially for help with their study guides): HyperPhysics

Important IB Resources:

1. This site is an excellent on-line physics tutorial. It explains concepts in easy-to-understand language in a step-wise fashion. It has a section that allows you to hone your skills by graphing problems, recognizing forces, identifying vector magnitude and direction, and practice vector addition. It also has a section called Multimedia Physics Studio that has applets and animations that enable you to "see" physics concepts that might be difficult for you to understand. It is also the source of the class problems for IB 1. If you need extra help understanding something, especially at the first year level, this is the place to go!
2. Free on-line graph paper generator (please read hints at bottom). Also includes link to log paper.
3. IB Syllabus Guide
4. 2008 IB Data Booklet
5. 2009 IB Data Booklet
6. My lab criteria information. All lab criteria are listed, with an explanation of requirements for aspects (complete, partial, and not at all ). This is a very important handout and should be consulted for every laboratory report written! Password required to open document.
7. My course information for IB SL & IB HL. Password required to open document.
8. My suggestions for how to write an IB lab report. Password required to open document.
9. How IB criteria labs are graded.
10. Grade distribution for the 2004 SL and HL exams. (password required)
11. A grading rubric that tells you exactly how my IB labs are graded (password required).
12. IB 2 students must maintain a copy of their Form 4PSOW (password required) for the 2007-2008 school year. This must be kept in your personal file in the classroom. You must fill in the lab title, the objective(s), and date on the day the lab is performed. When the graded lab is returned, you must fill in the criteria grades that you received. If I write the statement "this lab can be considered for submission for ***** " on it, record those criteria grades and highlight them. Graded labs must be kept in your personal file in the classroom.
13. IB 1 students must maintain a copy of their Form 4PSOW (password required) for the 2007-2008 school year. This must be kept in your personal file in the classroom. It will be your permanent record of the laboratories performed during this school year. This must be kept in your personal file in the classroom. You must fill in the lab title, the objective(s), and date for the day the lab is performed. Graded labs must be kept in your personal file in the classroom.

Due Dates for Assignments:

• All work must be turned in at the beginning of class.
• All daily labs are due two class days after data collection.
  • All labs designated as major labs are due exactly one week after data collection.
  • Exercises done in class (such as problems, etc.) are due at the end of class or the beginning of class the next day per teacher instruction.
  • All homework is due two days before the test date. In IB 1 Physics, it will be gone over the day before the test. It will be returned to IB 2 Physics students the day before the test. Late homework will only be accepted at the beginning of class the day before the test. It will not be returned to you before the test if you turn it in late! Homework is a major part of test preparation.

IB objectives for daily lessons are given in red.

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Sixth Six Weeks

Week 1	Day 1	IB 1: Go over Electric Circuits HW; SSC 5.2.1-5.2.12 IB 2: Atomic Structure, Emission & Absorption Spectra; Atomic & Nuclear Physics Notes (password required); HL Atomic & Nuclear Physics Homework (password required); SL Atomic & Nuclear Physics Homework (password required); SL Atomic & Nuclear Physics Study Guide (password required); HL Atomic & Nuclear Physics Study Guide (password required); SSC 6.1.1-6.1.6, 6.2.1-6.2.9, 6.3.1-6.3.10
	Day 2	IB 1: Electric Circuits Test; Electricity Summary; SSC 5.2.1-5.2.12 IB 2: Nuclear Structure & Radioactivity; Atomic & Nuclear Physics Notes (password required); SSC 6.1.1-6.1.6, 6.2.1-6.2.9, 6.3.1-6.3.10
	Day 3	IB 1: Magnetism; Magnetism URLs;Electromagnetism Notes (password required); Magnetism Homework (password required); Magnetic Fields & Magnetic Forces; picture of sun spot; Solar Prominence; Class Problems; Electromagnetism Notes (password required); SSC 5.3.1-5.2.13 IB 2: Half Life & Nuclear Reactions; Atomic & Nuclear Physics Notes (password required); SSC 6.1.1-6.1.6, 6.2.1-6.2.9, 6.3.1-6.3.10
	Day 4	IB 1: Magnetism Hand Rules; Class Worksheet on RHRs and LHRs, cont.;Electromagnetism Notes (password required); SSC 5.3.1-5.2.13 Electromagnetism Notes (password required); SSC 5.3.1-5.2.13 IB 2: Fission, Fusion, & Antimatter; IB 2 Atomic & Nuclear Physics Class Problems (password required); SL Atomic & Nuclear Physics Study Guide (password required); HL Atomic & Nuclear Physics Study Guide (password required); SSC 5.3.1-5.2.13
	Day 5	IB 1: Electromagnetic Induction; Electromagnetism Notes (password required); SSC 5.3.1-5.2.13 IB 2: HL Atomic Physics HW (password required); SL Atomic Physics HW (password required); SSC 5.3.1-5.2.13
Week 2	Day 1	IB 1: Magnetism Homework due (password required); DC Motors; More Problems; Electromagnetism Notes (password required); SSC 5.3.1-5.2.13 IB 2: HL Atomic Physics HW due (password required); SL Atomic Physics HW due (password required); Computer Half-Life Simulation Lab; Atomic & Nuclear Physics Notes (password required); SSC 5.3.1-5.2.13
	Day 2	IB 1: Revised Schedule due to TAKS testing IB 2: Revised Schedule due to TAKS testing
	Day 3	IB 1: Revised Schedule due to TAKS testing; Motors/Generator Lab IB 2: Revised Schedule due to TAKS testing
	Day 4	IB 1: Revised Schedule due to TAKS testing IB 2: Revised Schedule due to TAKS testing; Photoelectric Effect; Wave Nature of Matter; Quantum & Nuclear Physics Notes (password required); HL Quantum Physics HW (password required); SL Quantum & Nuclear Physics Option HW (password required); SL Quantum & Nuclear Physics Option Study Guide (password required); HL Quantum & Nuclear Physics Study Guide (password required); SL Option B B.1.1-B.1.15, B.2.1-B.2.8, B.3.1-B.3.6 & AHL 12.1.1-12.1.15, 12.2.1-12.2.8, 12.3.1-12.3.6
	Day 5	IB 1: Revised Schedule due to TAKS testing IB 2: Revised Schedule due to TAKS testing
Week 3	Day 1	IB 1: Go over HW IB 2: Atomic Spectra & Atomic Energy States; X-Rays & the Nucleus; Quantum & Nuclear Physics Notes (password required); SL Option B B.1.1-B.1.15, B.2.1-B.2.8, B.3.1-B.3.6 & AHL 12.1.1-12.1.15, 12.2.1-12.2.8, 12.3.1-12.3.6
	Day 2	IB 1:Test: Magnetism; Magnetism Summary (password required); SSC 5.3.1-5.2.13 IB 2: Mass Spectrometer; Radioactive Decay & Particle Physics; Particle Physics Tables (password required); Quantum & Nuclear Physics Notes (password required); SL Option B B.1.1-B.1.15, B.2.1-B.2.8, B.3.1-B.3.6 & AHL 12.1.1-12.1.15, 12.2.1-12.2.8, 12.3.1-12.3.6
	Day 3	IB 1: Atomic Structure: Atomic Models; Plum Pudding model picture; Atomic & Nuclear Physics HW (password required); Atomic & Nuclear Physics Notes (password required); SSC 6.1.1-6.1.6, 6.2.1-6.2.9, 6.3.1-6.3.10 IB 2: SL Quantum & Nuclear Physics Option Study Guide (password required); HL Quantum & Nuclear Physics Study Guide (password required); Quantum & Nuclear Physics Class Problems (password required); SL Option B B.1.1-B.1.15, B.2.1-B.2.8, B.3.1-B.3.6 & AHL 12.1.1-12.1.15, 12.2.1-12.2.8, 12.3.1-12.3.6
	Day 4	IB 1: Atomic Structure 2: Spectra; Atomic & Nuclear Physics Notes (password required); SSC 6.1.1-6.1.6, 6.2.1-6.2.9, 6.3.1-6.3.10 IB 2: SL Quantum & Nuclear Physics Option Study Guide (password required); HL Quantum & Nuclear Physics Study Guide (password required); Quantum & Nuclear Physics Class Problems (password required); SL Option B B.1.1-B.1.15, B.2.1-B.2.8, B.3.1-B.3.6 & AHL 12.1.1-12.1.15, 12.2.1-12.2.8, 12.3.1-12.3.6
	Day 5	IB 1: Nuclear Structure; Atomic & Nuclear Physics Notes (password required); SSC 6.1.1-6.1.6, 6.2.1-6.2.9, 6.3.1-6.3.10 IB 2: (No other IB tests today); Test: Atomic & Nuclear Physics; Atomic Physics Summary (password required); SSC 6.1.1-6.1.6, 6.2.1-6.2.9, 6.3.1-6.3.10
Week 4	Day 1	IB 1: Radioactivity & Balancing nuclear reactions; ; Atomic & Nuclear Physics Notes (password required); SSC 6.1.1-6.1.6, 6.2.1-6.2.9, 6.3.1-6.3.10 IB 2: HL Quantum Physics HW due (password required); SL Quantum & Nuclear Physics Option HW due (password required);
	Day 2	IB 1: Half-life; Atomic & Nuclear Physics Notes (password required); SSC 6.1.1-6.1.6, 6.2.1-6.2.9, 6.3.1-6.3.10 IB 2: Review for IB 2 Exam
	Day 3	IB 1: Nuclear Reactors; Atomic & Nuclear Physics HW due (password required); Atomic & Nuclear Physics Notes (password required); SSC 6.1.1-6.1.6, 6.2.1-6.2.9, 6.3.1-6.3.10 IB 2: Review for IB 2 Exam
	Day 4	IB 1:Go over HW; collect data for Major Lab: Radioactive Dating (DC, DPP, & CE); Atomic & Nuclear Physics Notes (password required); SSC 6.1.1-6.1.6, 6.2.1-6.2.9, 6.3.1-6.3.10 IB 2: Review for IB 2 Exam
	Day 5	IB 1: Test: Atomic & Nuclear Physics; Atomic & Nuclear Physics Notes (password required); SSC 6.1.1-6.1.6, 6.2.1-6.2.9, 6.3.1-6.3.10 IB 2: Quantum & Nuclear Physics Test; Quantum & Nuclear Physics Summary; Quantum & Nuclear Physics Notes (password required); SL Option B B.1.1-B.1.15, B.2.1-B.2.8, B.3.1-B.3.6 & AHL 12.1.1-12.1.15, 12.2.1-12.2.8, 12.3.1-12.3.6
Week 5	Day 1	IB 1: Photoelectric Effect; Quantum & Nuclear Physics HW (password required); Quantum & Nuclear Physics Notes (password required); SL Option B B.1.1-B.1.15, B.2.1-B.2.8, B.3.1-B.3.6 & AHL 12.1.1-12.1.15, 12.2.1-12.2.8, 12.3.1-12.3.6 IB 2: Review for IB 2 Exam
	Day 2	IB 1: Photoelectric Effect, cont; Wave Nature of Matter; Quantum & Nuclear Physics Notes (password required); SL Option B B.1.1-B.1.15, B.2.1-B.2.8, B.3.1-B.3.6 & AHL 12.1.1-12.1.15, 12.2.1-12.2.8, 12.3.1-12.3.6 IB 2: HL Physics Papers 1 & 2; SL Physics Papers 1 & 2
	Day 3	IB 1: Atomic Spectra & Atomic Energy States; Quantum & Nuclear Physics Notes (password required); Three Spectra Types; Bohr model applet; SL Option B B.1.1-B.1.15, B.2.1-B.2.8, B.3.1-B.3.6 & AHL 12.1.1-12.1.15, 12.2.1-12.2.8, 12.3.1-12.3.6 IB 2: HL Physics Paper 3; SL Physics Paper 3
	Day 4	IB 1:Quantum & Nuclear Physics HW due (password required); X-rays; Quantum & Nuclear Physics Notes (password required); SL Option B B.1.1-B.1.15, B.2.1-B.2.8, B.3.1-B.3.6 & AHL 12.1.1-12.1.15, 12.2.1-12.2.8, 12.3.1-12.3.6
	Day 5	IB 1: Go Over HW; Quantum & Nuclear Physics Notes (password required); SL Option B B.1.1-B.1.15, B.2.1-B.2.8, B.3.1-B.3.6 & AHL 12.1.1-12.1.15, 12.2.1-12.2.8, 12.3.1-12.3.6
Week 6	Day 1	IB 1: Holiday
	Day 2	IB 1: Test: Quantum & Nuclear Physics; Quantum & Nuclear Physics Notes (password required); SL Option B B.1.1-B.1.15, B.2.1-B.2.8, B.3.1-B.3.6 & AHL 12.1.1-12.1.15, 12.2.1-12.2.8, 12.3.1-12.3.6
	Day 3	IB 1: Semester Review
	Day 4	Semester Review
	Day 5	Semester Review
Week 7	Day 1	1st period 7:31 - 7:58 2nd period & Senior final 8:04 - 9:04 3rd period 9:10 - 9:37 4th period 9:43 - 10:10 5th Period & Senior Final 10:16 – 11:15 C Lunch 11:20 – 11:47 6th Period & Senior Final 11:53 – 12:52 7th Period Final for All Grades 12:58 – 2:25
	Day 2	1st Period & Senior Final 7:31 – 8:31 3rd Period & Senior Final 8:37 – 9:37 4th Period Class & Senior Final 9:43 – 10:42 C lunch 10:47 – 11:13 Seniors dismissed after 4th period. Open Campus 5th Period Final Exam 11:19 – 12: 49 6th Period Final Exam 12:55 – 2:25
	Day 3	1st Period Final Exam 7:31 – 9:07 2nd Period Final Exam 9:14 – 10:50
	Day 4	3rd Period Final Exam 7:31 – 9:07 4th Period Final Exam 9:14 – 10:50

TAKS Testing Schedule

	Week	Day
6th	2	2	7:33 - 11:00 10th math TAKS Grade 9 writing benchmark Grade 11 late arrival (11:00 am) Grade 12 graduation meeting (9:30 am)	11:06 - 12:31 4th period with lunch from 12:36 until 1:00	1:06 - 2:25 5th period
6th	2	3	7:33 - 11:00 11th math TAKS Grade 9 Study Session Grades 10 and 12 late arrival (11:00 am)	11:06 - 12:31 6th period with lunch from 12:36 until 1:00	1:06 - 2:25 7th period
6th	2	4	7:33 - 11:00 9th math TAKS 10th and 11th science TAKS Grade 12 late arrival (11:00 am)	11:06 - 12:31 2nd period with lunch from 12:36 until 1:00	1:06 - 2:25 3rd period
6th	2	5	7:31 - 11:00 10th and 11th social studies TAKS Grades 9 and 12 late arrival (11:00 am)	11:06 - 12:31 1st period with lunch from 12:36 until 1:00	1:06 - 2:25 7th period