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MYP Physics sits in the Sciences group and is marked against four equally-weighted criteria - and it rewards inquiry and evaluation as much as getting the number. Able students stall when they can compute but cannot design an experiment, evaluate a method, or reflect on the impact of the physics.
How we teach IB MYP Physics at Tuition Highway
A simple four-step approach designed to build confidence, close gaps and improve exam performance.
Find the gaps
A diagnostic against the syllabus topics tells us what's secure and what isn't, so we teach the gaps rather than the whole book.
Teach weekly, one to one
The same tutor teaches each week around school. Concepts build step by step, with the school's pace kept in view.
Practise like the exam
Past-paper questions begin early, followed by full timed papers marked against the published mark scheme.
Matched with a tutor who knows this syllabus
Expert, vetted IB MYP Physics tutors who have taught the IB MYP specification. Past-paper work is reviewed against published mark schemes, so your child can see where marks are awarded and where they are being lost. UK-qualified teachers are available on request as a premium option.
Taught IB MYP
Not "ib myp physics in general" - this syllabus, this tier and these papers.
Reviews work against the mark scheme
Your child learns where the marks actually are, not where they feel they should be.
Built for online teaching
Shared whiteboard, worked solutions and lesson materials saved to review after the session.
Consistent across the term
The same tutor every week - and if that changes, we tell you first.
The four Sciences criteria - where MYP Physics is won or lost
MYP Physics is graded like all MYP Sciences - four equally-weighted criteria, each out of 8. Computing the right number is one quarter of the picture; designing investigations, processing and evaluating data, and reflecting on the impacts of the science carry the rest.
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CRITERION-BASED - 4 CRITERIA / TOTAL 32 / GRADE 1-71
Knowing and understanding0-8
Applying scientific knowledge to explain and solve problems in familiar and unfamiliar situations
Ongoing
8 / 32
Build fluent methods without calculator shortcuts- Review mark-scheme working with timed past-paper questions
2
Inquiring and designing0-8
Framing a question and hypothesis and designing a safe, valid scientific investigation
Ongoing8 / 32- Build fluent methods without calculator shortcuts
- Review mark-scheme working with timed past-paper questions
3
Processing and evaluating0-8
Collecting and processing data, drawing conclusions and evaluating method and reliability
Ongoing8 / 32- Build fluent methods without calculator shortcuts
- Review mark-scheme working with timed past-paper questions
4
Reflecting on the impacts of science0-8
Evaluating ethical, environmental and economic implications using scientific language
Ongoing8 / 32- Build fluent methods without calculator shortcuts
- Review mark-scheme working with timed past-paper questions
The four criteria convert to a 1-7 grade by best-fit judgement using IB boundaries.
Figures shown for 0580 and 0980 syllabuses for 2025-2027.
CRITERION-BASED4 CRITERIA / TOTAL 32 / GRADE 1-7Knowing and understanding
0-8
- WHAT IT TESTS
- Applying scientific knowledge to explain and solve problems in familiar and unfamiliar situations
- DETAILS
- Ongoing8 / 32
- HOW WE PREPARE STUDENTS
- Build fluent methods without calculator shortcuts
- Review mark-scheme working with timed past-paper questions
Inquiring and designing
0-8
- WHAT IT TESTS
- Framing a question and hypothesis and designing a safe, valid scientific investigation
- DETAILS
- Ongoing8 / 32
- HOW WE PREPARE STUDENTS
- Build fluent methods without calculator shortcuts
- Review mark-scheme working with timed past-paper questions
Processing and evaluating
0-8
- WHAT IT TESTS
- Collecting and processing data, drawing conclusions and evaluating method and reliability
- DETAILS
- Ongoing8 / 32
- HOW WE PREPARE STUDENTS
- Build fluent methods without calculator shortcuts
- Review mark-scheme working with timed past-paper questions
Reflecting on the impacts of science
0-8
- WHAT IT TESTS
- Evaluating ethical, environmental and economic implications using scientific language
- DETAILS
- Ongoing8 / 32
- HOW WE PREPARE STUDENTS
- Build fluent methods without calculator shortcuts
- Review mark-scheme working with timed past-paper questions
The four criteria convert to a 1-7 grade by best-fit judgement using IB boundaries.
Year-5 students may optionally sit an end-of-course on-screen eAssessment of around two hours in the May or November session. Schools register, not students.
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2025 - 2027- Subject group
- Sciences (Physics discipline)
- Assessment
- Criterion-based / 4 criteria (A-D)
- Grade scale
- 1-7 from a total of 32
- Emphasis
- Inquiry & experimental design
- External option
- Optional Year-5 on-screen eAssessment
- Sessions
- May / November
MYP Sciences is concept-driven and schools have flexibility over specific content, so tuition aligns to your child's school units as well as the IB criteria.
What the IB MYP syllabus covers
These are the main syllabus strands your child is expected to cover. We teach all of them, starting with the gaps that are costing marks first.
Tuition stays aligned to the exact paper or unit structure, so revision time goes where the marks actually move.
Criterion A - Knowing & understanding
Criterion B - Inquiring & designing
Criterion C - Processing & evaluating
Criterion D - Reflecting on impacts
Key concepts
Related concepts
Global contexts
Approaches to Learning (ATL)
Forces & motion
Energy, work & power
Electricity & magnetism
Waves, light & sound
Thermal physics & matter
On-screen eAssessment (Year 5)
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Questions parents ask about IB MYP Physics
Is MYP Physics externally examined?+-
Not by default. It is assessed internally against four IB Sciences criteria by your school. Year-5 students may optionally sit an external on-screen eAssessment.
What are the four criteria?+-
A Knowing and understanding; B Inquiring and designing; C Processing and evaluating; D Reflecting on the impacts of science.
How does the 1-7 grade work?+-
The four criteria contribute up to 32 marks and convert to a final 1-7 grade using IB boundaries.
Does MYP Physics involve practical work?+-
Yes. Criteria B and C centre on designing and evaluating scientific investigations, so experimental skill is core to the grade.
What is the on-screen eAssessment?+-
An optional end-of-course external exam of around two hours, externally marked by the IB, in the May or November session.
My child gets the answers but the grade is stuck - why?+-
Usually because effort is concentrated on Criterion A. Criteria B, C and D carry three-quarters of the grade.
How is MYP Physics different from IGCSE?+-
IGCSE is externally examined with written papers; MYP is criterion-based, inquiry-driven and mostly internal, with an optional external route.
What if the tutor is not the right fit?+-
We replace the tutor free of charge, with no rematch fee, and hand the full learning context to the new tutor so your child loses no ground.