IB Diploma Programme · First Assessment 2025

DP Physics

Five themes. From classical mechanics to the structure of stars.

A Space, Time and Motion Kinematics · Forces · Energy · Rigid Bodies · Relativity B Particulate Nature of Matter Thermal Energy · Greenhouse Effect · Gas Laws · Thermodynamics · Circuits C Wave Behaviour SHM · Wave Model · Wave Phenomena · Standing Waves · Doppler D Fields Gravitational · Electric & Magnetic · EM Motion · Induction E Nuclear and Quantum Physics Atomic Structure · Quantum Physics · Radioactivity · Fission · Fusion & Stars

Source: IB Physics Guide — First Assessment 2025, published February 2023 by the International Baccalaureate Organization. SL and HL content; 24 topics across five themes.