Physics IA resources

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What are the Physics IA Resources?

Developed by experienced IB Examiners, the Physics IA Resources provide a clear, rubric-aligned framework to help teachers guide students through every stage of the Internal Assessment.

The content covers the full IA workflow required for high-band performance, from choosing a viable experimental approach and collecting sufficient, relevant data to processing results, analyzing patterns, and evaluating conclusions in line with IB expectations.

In the classroom, the resources can be used to introduce the IA and set shared standards early. They also work well as targeted checkpoint support, so students can strengthen specific skills, such as uncertainty treatment, graphical analysis, and evaluation depth, when needed.

To explore how the Physics IA Resources can support your students, watch this short overview video or follow this YouTube link.

Classroom-Ready Tools

In-depth Video Explanations

Clarify expectations and break down complex IA skills into manageable steps.

Here is a full playlist you can assign that covers how different experiments can be analyzed for sources of error and uncertainty.

Structured, Concept-focused Workshops

Guided practice aligned with the assessment criteria.

Targeted Flashcard Decks

Help students identify common weaknesses and refine specific skills. Great for quick practice, and for spotting the “usual mistakes” before they show up in drafts.

Annotated Excerpts

Embedded excerpts from exemplar reports to model best practice in context.

Full-length Annotated Exemplar

Demonstrates how the full report fits together to meet the assessment criteria.

Check this example on the Data Analysis Criterion.

Coming Soon

AI-integrated sections. This tool is designed to support thinking, planning, and evaluation, not to rewrite, edit, or generate IA drafts.

New workshops with detailed mark schemes distributable on Educator Pro.

More explanatory videos to deepen conceptual understanding.

Stay tuned!

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