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23 August 2026

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IB DP Physics skill pack: designing an investigation, SL and HL, first assessment 2025. Research question, hypothesis, variable table, method, safety line: the written acts internal assessment Criterion 1 is marked on, 6 of its 24 marks. 33 answered items, 43 student pages.

What this pack is, and what it is not

The IB asks these skills to be practised inside the topics that need them, so this is a supplement to integrated teaching, not a taught unit of the course. It is reference and remedial material for the written half of an investigation: every act in it is on paper, not at the bench.

This pack is worked, not taught: the 345 minutes shown is student working time across the practice bank, not classroom delivery time. Six sittings of about 50, 50, 60, 55, 60 and 70 minutes, each break on a page boundary so each can be set on its own.

What students learn:

  • A research question naming both variables, the system and the range, and a hypothesis that explains why
  • A variable table whose control column carries an action, not an intention
  • A range, an interval, repeats and a precision, each with its reason
  • A method another student could repeat, and a safety line with the action taken about each issue

Six rule cards with a worked example each, then a fault hunt on a whole plan and a pilot. Three tiers: six drill tables, 77 answered cells; twelve applied items, 43 lettered parts; four multiple-choice items and three exam-style questions, 45 marks.

IB skills (Inquiry 1: Exploring and designing, with Tool 1 and Tool 3). Taught: research questions and hypotheses; predictions explained from the physics; dependent, independent and control variables; the range and quantity of measurements; a valid methodology; safety, ethical and environmental issues. Practised: the four shapes of investigation; piloting; constant conditions; calibration; selecting sufficient and relevant sources; percentage uncertainty and its propagation; linearizing and interpreting graphs.

What’s included:

  • Student Worksheet, 43 pages, colour and B&W
  • Teacher Key, 60 pages, every item answered, marking guidance beside each
  • The editable worksheet, a self-contained HTML file

Worksheet and key are two projections of one source, so no answer file can drift. Opens in any browser, nothing to install, worksheet editable. It declares no topic and no understanding: this belongs to the IB skills in the study of physics. Grades 11-12 (ages 16-19), as homework, reference or revision.

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IB DP Physics (2025) IA and Paper 1B Skills Bundle Complete

IB DP Physics skills bundle for the internal assessment and Paper 1B, SL and HL, first assessment 2025: eight skill packs, 30% off buying them separately. The internal assessment is 24 marks and 20% of the course, marked on four criteria; Paper 1B is the data-based questions, 20 marks at SL and at HL. A teacher looking for either has had nowhere single to send a student. This is that place: one investigation, design to evaluation, in eight packs. **What's in the bundle, in working order** - Designing the Investigation: research question, variables, method, safety (IA Criterion 1) - Significant Figures and Rounding: the number to the right figures (free) - The Units of a Quantity: SI base and derived units, homogeneity checks (free) - Uncertainties: recording a range, propagating it, percentage error - Tables, Charts and Graphs: the results table, the plot, the best-fit line - Proportionality and Scaling: the relationship read out of processed data - Uncertainties on a Graph: bars, extreme lines, gradient and intercept uncertainty - Concluding and Evaluating: the conclusion and the evaluation **What this bundle is, and what it is not** The IB asks these skills to be practised inside the topics and investigations that need them, so no pack here is a taught unit of the course. It is reference, remedial and revision material that supplements integrated teaching. The packs are worked, not taught: the 31 hours across the eight is student working time through the practice banks, not classroom delivery time. **Every pack includes: ** - A student worksheet, answers stripped out, colour and black-and-white PDF - A teacher key, every item answered, projected from the same source so it cannot drift - The editable worksheet, a self-contained HTML file 247 student pages and 355 teacher pages across the eight, every question answered. **IB skills in the study of physics, mostly Tool 3: Mathematics with Inquiry 1, 2 and 3**: research questions, variables, methodology and safety; significant figures and SI units; recording and propagating uncertainties; tables, plotting and best-fit lines; proportionality; uncertainty bars, extreme gradients, gradient and intercept uncertainty; justifying conclusions and evaluating improvements. Every pack opens in any browser with nothing to install, and the worksheets are editable. SI units, IB notation and IB command terms throughout. Two of the eight are free, so a pack can be worked before buying. Grades 11-12 (ages 16-19). **Also in the catalogue, sold separately:** - [Measuring the Acceleration of Free Fall, a worked investigation to practise on (free)](/teaching-resource/-13516788) - [Unit Conversion, raw readings into SI before processing (free)](/teaching-resource/resource-13537341)

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