IB Diploma Physics · SL · Theme D Fields
Fields, with the equation on the screen.
Drag the masses, charges and magnets and watch the equation fill in with your numbers. Then answer quick checks and tackle exam-style problems with a figure, marks and a worked mark scheme, marked on the spot. Every concept in Theme D that SL students are examined on.
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Free · no sign-up · works on a phone, a tablet or a laptop
- concepts
- 9
- exam-style problems
- 27
- live simulations
- 10
The nine concepts
Each one is mapped to the SL statements of the IB Physics subject guide (first assessment 2025).
- 1Newton’s law of gravitationF = G m₁ m₂ / r²D.1 · Gravitational fields
- 2Gravitational field strength and field linesg = F / m = G M / r²D.1 · Gravitational fields
- 3Kepler’s laws of orbital motionT² ∝ r³D.1 · Gravitational fields
- 4Electric charge and Coulomb’s lawF = k q₁ q₂ / r²D.2 · Electric and magnetic fields
- 5Electric field strength and field linesE = F / q = k Q / r² = V / dD.2 · Electric and magnetic fields
- 6Magnetic field patternsB = μ₀ I / 2π rD.2 · Electric and magnetic fields
- 7Force on a moving charge and on a currentF = q v B sin θ = B I L sin θD.3 · Motion in electromagnetic fields
- 8Charged particles in electric and magnetic fieldsr = m v / q B, v = E / BD.3 · Motion in electromagnetic fields
- 9The force between parallel current-carrying wiresF / L = μ₀ I₁ I₂ / 2π rD.3 · Motion in electromagnetic fields
- Level
- Written for IB Diploma Physics SL. It stays inside the SL statements: induction, potential and escape speed are HL and are not included.
- How it marks
- Every number, in the simulations and in the mark schemes, is computed from the same equations with the data-booklet constants. Numerical answers are checked within a rounding tolerance and with the unit; written answers are self-marked against a mark scheme.
- On a phone
- Everything works with a finger. The simulations stack above their controls on a small screen.
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