by John MWITA | Jan 30, 2020 | Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Secondary Science, The Grades
This week in grade 11 we started a new topic, Oscillations and Waves. We looked at different oscillatory and periodic motions and used these to discuss Simple Harmonic Motion involving damping systems.
by John MWITA | Jan 30, 2020 | Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Secondary Science, The Grades
This week we continued on our third unit about the Atmosphere. Students have been building mini weather stations and different instruments used by meteorologists.
by John MWITA | Jan 16, 2020 | Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), The Grades
This week we continued with our chapter on Modeling a gas. We looked at the isobaric (constant pressure) process and how it is used to explain gas pressure for an ideal gas. We will compare the isobaric process with isovolumetric (isochoric) and isothermal processes...
by John MWITA | Dec 12, 2019 | Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), The Grades
Grade 7 are currently working on the unit Atmosphere. This week students got to work on different group tasks about the atmosphere and how the atmosphere affects living organisms on Earth. Human activities have had adverse effects on the atmosphere and students are...
by John MWITA | Dec 12, 2019 | Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 12, The Grades
Grade 12 started studying the Option topic Astrophysics this week. This is the last topic of the IB Physics syllabus for us. Students looked at the standard level content this week and we’ll continue with the same in the coming weeks.