DP Year 1 Physics

The DP Year 1 (Grade 11) Physics curriculum follows the new syllabus (first teaching 2023, first assessment 2025), which is organized around five broad themes: Space, time and motion; The particulate nature of matter; Wave behavior; Fields; and Nuclear and quantum physics . Students can study at Standard Level (SL) with 150 teaching hours or Higher Level (HL) with 240 hours, with HL students exploring additional depth in topics such as rigid body mechanics, thermodynamics, and electromagnetic induction . The course emphasizes developing conceptual understanding through inquiry-based learning, with students engaging in practical work (including a collaborative sciences project) and completing an individual scientific investigation for their Internal Assessment (IA), which accounts for 20% of the final grade . External assessment consists of Paper 1 (multiple choice and data-based questions) and Paper 2 (short-answer and extended-response questions), with HL students also sitting Paper 3 covering additional higher level material.

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