Holdet 2025 fy/PreIB2 - Undervisningsbeskrivelse

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Undervisningsbeskrivelse

Stamoplysninger til brug ved prøver til gymnasiale uddannelser
Termin(er) 2025/26
Institution Viborg Katedralskole
Fag og niveau Fysik C
Lærer(e) Lene Møller Pedersen
Hold 2025 fy/PreIB2 (PreIB2 PHY)

Oversigt over gennemførte undervisningsforløb
Titel 1 Energy
Titel 2 World Views and the Solar System
Titel 3 Waves, Sound and Light
Titel 4 Atomic Physics
Titel 5 Mock CSP
Titel 6 Astronomy and Cosmology

Beskrivelse af de enkelte undervisningsforløb (1 skema for hvert forløb)
Titel 1 Energy

Materials used:
Amby, Thomas Mellergaard, Physics for the PreIB, 2025 - Chapter 5 Energy

Topics covered:
Potential and kinetic energy
Internal energy, heat, and temperature
Electrical energy
Power
Energy conversion and efficiency
Mechanical energy
Chemical energy and calorific value

Experiments conducted:
Heat capacity
Specific latent heat of vaporisation of water
Efficiency of an electrical kettle and a coffee maker
Efficiency of a tea candle

Focus points:
Understanding energy and related concepts
Understanding and being able to use physical quantities, units, and formulas
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 17 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 2 World Views and the Solar System

Materials used:
Amby, Thomas Mellergaard, Physics for the PreIB, 2025 - Chapter 2 Changing view of the world, Chapter 3 Astrophysics
Becker-Larsen, Lars, The Moving Earth (film), 2009

Topics covered:
Historical world views and the origin of science
Geocentric and heliocentric models of the Solar System
Planetary motion, retrograde motion, Kepler's Laws
Phases of the Moon
The seasons
Planets and objects in the Solar System

Experiments conducted:
Battle of the world views (setting up geocentric and heliocentric mock Solar Systems to investigate distances based on shadows cast on Venus)
Distance -square Law

Focus points:
Understanding the development of science and different world views
Understanding evidence supporting the heliocentric model of the Solar System
Group work and subsequent presentations on phases of the Moon, the seasons, and planets and objects in the Solar System
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 8 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 3 Waves, Sound and Light

Materials used:
Amby, Thomas Mellergaard, Physics for the PreIB, 2025 - Chapter 6 Waves

Topics covered:
Vibrations and oscillations
Waves, basic properties and types of waves
Wave interference and diffraction
Refraction and Snell's law
Resonance and standing waves
Diffraction gratings
The electromagnetic spectrum
Sound and basic properties of sound waves

Experiments conducted:
Determining the refractive index of a prism
Standing waves on a string
Wavelength of laser light

Focus points:
Understanding properties of waves and their relevance to our daily lives
Understanding and being able to use physical quantities, units, and formulas
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 15 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 4 Atomic Physics

Materials used:
Amby, Thomas Mellergaard, Physics for the PreIB, 2025 - Chapter 4 Atomic physics, Chapter 6 Waves

Topics covered:
Atoms, atomic structure
Photons
Atomic models, in particular Bohr's atomic model
Absorption and emission
Energy levels of atoms, in particular the hydrogen atom
The photoelectric effect

Practical:
Element Investigator (identifying elements from emission spectrum)

Focus points:
Understanding properties of atoms and photons and the interactions between light and atoms
Understanding and being able to use physical quantities, units, and formulas
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 4 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 5 Mock CSP

Collaborative science project in physics and chemistry
Topic: Surviving on Mars
Duration: 11 lessons across the two subjects

Materials used:
Scott, Ridley, The Martian (film), 2015
ESA, Meet Arduino! – Introduction to Arduino computing using C++ | Teach with Space T04.1

Content:
Basic programming in C++
Using sensors with Arduino
(Chemistry: soil compositions and chemical properties)
Setting up an automatic watering system for growing cress unsupervised
Presenting the process and results of larger scale experimental work using the IMRAD structure and scientific posters

Focus points:
Planning, managing, and carrying out larger scale experimental group work in preparation for the IB course
Cross-curricular collaboration between science subjects
Indhold


Supplerende stof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 4 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 6 Astronomy and Cosmology

Materials used:
Amby, Thomas Mellergaard, Physics for the PreIB, 2025 - Chapter 3 Astrophysics

Topics covered:
Basic structure of and objects in the Solar System, the Milky Way Galaxy, the Universe
Distances in the Universe
Parallax method
The Doppler effect, cosmic redshift, the Hubble-Lemaître law, and the expansion of the Universe

Focus points:
Understanding the structure of the Universe and ways of measuring distances in the Universe
Understanding and being able to use physical quantities, units, and formulas
Indhold
Kernestof:

Supplerende stof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 6 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer