The workshop will include the following modules

Module 1 - Introduction module

This is an introduction to the participants, mechanics, and goals of the online workshop. This module will deal with

• Getting to know your peers


• Familiarizing yourself with the workshop site


• Aims and objectives of the workshop

Module 2 - The IB Diploma Programme

At the end of this module participants will have gained an appreciation of the IB educational philosophy and how it relates to the classroom experience. Participant will also have an overall view of the diploma structure and of IB terminology. The content will include:

• The Diploma Curriculum Model


• The IBO Mission Statement


• The Learner Profile


• International Mindedness
  
  
  
  • What is International Education?
  
  
  • Internationalism or International Mindedness?


• Theory of Knowledge
  
  
  
  • What is ToK?
  
  
  • ToK and Physics
  
  
  • ToK and Internationalism
  
  
  • ToK, International Mindedness, and the IB Physics Syllabus


• Creativity, Action and Service (CAS)


• The Extended Essay (EE)


• The IB Grade Scale: 1 through 7


• The Group 4 Project


• Summary

Module 3 - IB Physics Structure

• The Physics Curriculum
  
  
  
  • The Curriculum Model
  
  
  • Language
  
  
  • Aims
  
  
  • Objectives
  
  
  • Command Terms
  
  
  • Unfamiliar Physics


• Requirements


• Teaching Resources
  
  
  
  • IB-Source
  
  
  • IB Store
  
  
  • Commercial
  
  
  • The OCC


• Sharing Teaching Resources

Module 4 - IB Physics Content

• The Nature of the Subject


• Syllabus Content
  
  
  
  • Core Syllabus
  
  
  • Higher Only Syllabus
  
  
  • Options
  
  
  • The Physics Course Guide


• Teaching Order
  
  
  
  • Decisions about Content.
  
  
  • Topic Integration.


• Group 4 Project
  
  
  
  • Overview
  
  
  • Personal Skills

Module 5 - Experimental Work and Internal Assessment

• The educational role of experimental work


• The treatment of experimental data
  
  
  
  • Significant figures, precision and accuracy
  
  
  • Collecting and presenting experimental data


• Dealing with uncertainties
  
  
  
  • Processing uncertainties
  
  
  • Errors and uncertainties in the physics syllabus


• Uncertainties in gradients of straight-line graphs
  
  
  
  • What the IB expects from the student.


• The internal assessment criteria
  
  
  
  • What are the IA criteria?
  
  
  • The Design Criterion
  
  
  • The Data Collection and Processing Criterion
  
  
  • The Conclusion and Evaluation Criterion
  
  
  • Teacher Guidance


• Marking student investigations
  
  
  
  • Read and mark Lab One and receive official marks and comments
  
  
  • Read and mark Lab Two and receive official marks and comments

Module 6 - Examinations and Overview

• The IB physics examination structure.
  
  
  
  • Examination sessions.
  
  
  • Overview of the three exam papers.
  
  
  • Exam Style, Form and Content
  
  
  • Exam question types


• Marking a student exam script
  
  
  
  • An examination question to answer
  
  
  • How to mark an IB exam question
  
  
  • The IB markscheme for May 2003, P2, question A1


• IB information about assessment.
  
  
  
  • The exam report
  
  
  • The IB grade scale
  
  
  • Exam data booklet
  
  
  • Calculators in exams
  
  
  • IB principles of assessment


• Past, present and future.

Note that this workshop is fully recognised as part of a school's authorization and programme evaluation process.