IB Physics

IB Physics can be taken at either the Standard or Higher Level. Higher-Level physics students learn all of the content and skills expected at the Standard Level and additional HL-only content. Both Standard-Level and Higher-Level students complete the internally assessed Independent Investigation, a report on an independently selected, designed, and analyzed experiment of their choice. The course is structured into several content areas. Topics examined at both Standard and Higher Levels include Mechanics, Thermal Physics, Waves and Oscillations, Electricity, Nuclear Physics, and more. Higher Level students study additional topics, including Wave Phenomena, Fields and Potential, Electromagnetic Induction, and Quantum Physics.

Finally, both Standard Level and Higher Level students complete the internally assessed Independent Investigation, a report on an independently selected, designed, and analyzed experiment of their choice.

Starting with the May 2025 cohort, all students in IB Physics will undertake their IB Physics studies under a new syllabus and curriculum. On the new syllabus, both SL and HL students will student similar but not identical content with a new curricular structure, including material organized into five Themes, rather than Topics. Additionally, there will be no Option, although understandings and skills from the previous Options have been moved into the main syllabus. Paper 3 has been eliminated, and Paper 1 will contain a new section of data-based questions similar to Section A of the old Paper 3.

To succeed in IB Physics, students must develop excellent study habits and engage in systematic practice of the questions and concepts they will be expected to answer and apply in their examinations. This is where Revision Village comes in - equipping each student with the right materials to improve their understanding and scores on the IB Physics examinations. Students can review important concepts with the Key Concepts videos, ensuring their grasp of the underlying material is solid. They can use the Popular Quizzes for a brief, concentrated study session before an in-class assessment. They can then revise using the questions and problems in the Questionbank, which contains IB-style questions arranged by topic and sorted by difficulty, accompanied by mark schemes and video solutions. Near the end of the course, students can use the Revision Ladder to increase their skills across the entire syllabus, step-by-step and full-length Mock Exams, and Prediction exams to ensure they are 100% prepared to earn a 7 on the IB Physics exams.