Chronicle

The PASCAL ChroniclePhysics in the IB Diploma ProgrammeThe IB Diploma Programme Physics course exposes pupils to the most enthralling science experience bothin practical and theoretical aspects. Physics may be a rather demanding subject to study yet, notunbearable. The course is separated into two levels, the Higher Level often referred to as HL and StandardLevel SL. Pupils have the choice of selecting which level they wish to belong to. Through the course pupilswill learn to develop traditional practical skills and increase the use of mathematics, which basically is thelanguage of physics as the course contains a large amount of mathematical manoeuvres. Within the theorypupils will also learn the history of physics as the provision of unseen material, and experiments will increasetheir background knowledge for the course with information that is rather exciting to study for. Inaddition pupils will learn how to perform experiments and observe new information throughout experimentsand practical work. Physics is a lesson that makes a pupil discover and understand principles, interestingtheories and experiments. With the help of the teacher pupils will expand their horizons in Physicsand will find the course quite interesting rather than complicated. Furthermore, the IB Diploma Programmeis quite challenging, as it gives you the opportunity to discover and expand basic knowledge skills, as pupilsyou will get the chance to see things out of the box. Personally, as an IB student who follows Physics SL, Ifind the course very helpful, interesting and not a bit bewildering. It really helped me to increase my observationskills, learning outcomes and improving our experimenting skills.Georgia Panteli5IB52