Every question in this paper is set somewhere in Homer's Odyssey: the crest of a bronze helmet as an impulse problem, Charybdis as a whirlpool, the Sirens as a Doppler shift. The physics is ordinary IB Physics Paper 2 physics — the context is just more interesting than a trolley on a ramp.

Standard level

50 marks · 4 questions

Impulse and momentum, circular motion and simple harmonic motion, stellar parallax, and two-source interference.

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Higher level

73 marks · 6 questions

Everything in the SL paper, plus rigid body torque, the photoelectric effect, and the Doppler effect.

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