IB Physics HL
IB Physics HLThe Higher Level (HL) IB Physics covers the eight core topics that are in SL plus an additional six higher level topics and two longer optional topics.
THE CORE – These are the main topics that HL and SL students will study together.
AHL – These are additional topics that will only be covered in the HL course.
Higher Level Core only
Students at HL are required to study any two options from E–J. The duration of each option is 22 hours.
2016 Physics Specimen Papers:
THE CORE – These are the main topics that HL and SL students will study together.
- Topic 1 - Physics and Physical Measurement
- Topic 2 - Mechanics
- Topic 3 - Thermal Physics
- Topic 4 - Oscillations and Waves
- Topic 5 - Electric Currents
- Topic 6 - Fields and Forces
- Topic 7 - Atomic and Nuclear Physics
- Topic 8 - Energy Power and Climate Change
AHL – These are additional topics that will only be covered in the HL course.
Higher Level Core only
- Topic 9 - Motion in Fields
- Topic 10 - Thermal Physics
- Topic 11 - Wave Phenomena
- Topic 12 - Electromagnetic Induction
- Topic 13 - Quantum and Nuclear Physics
- Topic 14 - Digital Technology
Students at HL are required to study any two options from E–J. The duration of each option is 22 hours.
- Options HL
- Option E: Astrophysics
- Option F: Communications
- Option G: Electromagnetic waves
- Option H: Relativity
- Option I: Medical physics
- Option J: Particle physics
2016 Physics Specimen Papers: